Zambrano

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JUAN CARLOS ZAMBRANO, Case No. 19-cv-03332-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

v. Re: Dkt. No. 24 ERIC GOLDING, et al., Defendants.

12 Plaintiff, an inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison (“PBSP”), filed this pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that PBSP correctional officials were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs, in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Now pending before the Court is plaintiff’s request for appointment of counsel. Dkt. No. 24. For the reasons set forth below, plaintiff’s request is DENIED. There is no constitutional right to counsel in a civil case unless an indigent litigant may lose his physical liberty if he loses the litigation. See Lassiter v. Dep’t of Social Services, 452 U.S. 18, 25 (1981); Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997) (no constitutional right to counsel in § 1983 action), withdrawn in part on other grounds on…