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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MICHAEL A. CRAIG, No. 2:22-cv-01874 DAD- AC 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 GENA JONES, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel. Plaintiff seeks relief pursuant to 18 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and has paid the filing fee for this action. This proceeding was referred to this 19 court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Local Rule 302. Plaintiff’s amended complaint and 20 motion for the appointment of counsel are now before the court. 21 I. Motion for the Appointment of Counsel 22 Plaintiff has requested appointment of counsel. The United States Supreme Court has 23 ruled that district courts lack authority to require counsel to represent indigent prisoners in § 1983 24 cases. Mallard v. United States Dist. Court, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). In certain exceptional 25 circumstances, the district court may request the voluntary assistance of counsel pursuant to 28 26 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Terrell v. Brewer, 935…