Florence

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DAVID FLORENCE, Case No. 22-cv-02265-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTIONS FOR

v. APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL AND

FOR TRANSFER

KATHLEEN ALLISON, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 10, 11 Defendants.

Plaintiff, a California prisoner proceeding without an attorney, filed this civil rights case complaining about his medical care at Pelican Bay State Prison (“PBSP”), where he is currently incarcerated. He has filed a motion for appointment of counsel. There is no constitutional right to counsel in a civil rights case such as this one. See Lassiter v. Dep't of Social Services, 452 U.S. 18, 25 (1981). A court “may request an attorney to represent any person unable to afford counsel” under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1) in exceptional circumstances.” Franklin v. Murphy, 745 F.2d 1221, 1236 (9th Cir. 1984). This case does not present exceptional circumstances, at least thus far, insofar as the issues are not especially complex and Plaintiff has been able to…