Bonazza

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL ALAN BONAZZA,

Case No. 23-cv-01161-JCS Plaintiff, 8 v. ORDER DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE MOTION FOR MUFG UNION BANK, et al., APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL 10 Defendants. Re: Dkt. No. 63

12 Plaintiff has filed a motion with the caption “Motion to Continue to Trial Uninterrupted.” Dkt. no. 63. In it, Plaintiff asks the Court to appoint counsel to represent him. Accordingly, the Court construes the motion as a request for the appointment of pro bono counsel. That request is DENIED. There is no right to counsel in a civil case. However, under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1), the Court is authorized to appoint an attorney to represent any person unable to afford counsel under “exceptional circumstances.” 28 U.S.C § 1915(e)(1); United States v. Madden, 352 F.2d 792, 794 (9th Cir. 1965). To appoint counsel under this section, the Court must find that a party is unable to afford counsel, that is, that…