Barela

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 DAVID EDWARD BARELA, Case No. 3:21-cv-02940-JD Plaintiff,

ORDER RE MOTION FOR

v. APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL JOE TUALLA, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 3 Defendants. 11 Pro se plaintiff David Barela’s request for appointment of counsel, Dkt. No. 3, is denied. || There is no constitutional right to counsel in a civil case. Lassiter v. Dep ’t of Social Servs., 452 |} US. 18, 25 (1981); Palmer v. Valdez, 560 F.3d 965, 970 (9th Cir. 2009). In “exceptional || circumstances,” the Court may appoint counsel for indigent civil litigants under 28 U.S.C. a § 1915(e)(1), Palmer, 560 F.3d at 970 (quotation omitted), but those circumstances are not present || here. The legal and factual issues are not unduly complex. While plaintiff may have physical 18 || disabilities and health issues, he has not shown that he is incapable of litigating this case on his || own. IT IS SO ORDERED. 21…