Winns

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division HARRIS L. WINNS, Case No. 20-cv-06762-LB

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. APPOINT PRO BONO COUNSEL

EXELA ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS INC, Re: ECF No. 3 Defendant. 16 Plaintiff Harris L. Winns, who is representing himself, asked the court to appoint him counsel.1 “Generally, a person has no right to counsel in civil actions.” Palmer v. Valdez, 560 F.3d 965, 970 (9th Cir. 2009) (citing Storseth v. Spellman, 654 F.2d 1349, 1353 (9th Cir. 1981)). “However, a court may under ‘exceptional circumstances’ appoint counsel for indigent civil litigants pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1).” Id. (citing Agyeman v. Corrs. Corp. of Am., 390 F.3d 1101, 1103 (9th Cir. 2004)). “When determining whether ‘exceptional circumstances’ exist, a court must consider ‘the likelihood of success on the merits as well as the ability of the petitioner to articulate his claims pro se in light of the…