Mackey

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 VINCENT ROBERT MACKEY, Case No. 22-cv-05105-JSC Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

Vv. APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL SGT. BAKER, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 50 ll Defendants. Plaintiff moves for appointment of a lawyer to represent him in this civil rights case. There is no right to counsel in a civil case such as this. See Lassiter v. Dep't of Social Services, |] 452 US. 18, 25 (1981). The decision to request counsel to represent an indigent litigant under § 1915 is within “the sound discretion of the trial court and is granted only in exceptional a circumstances.” Franklin vy. Murphy, 745 F.2d 1221, 1236 (9th Cir. 1984). Plaintiff presents no || exceptional circumstances, nor are any apparent. At least at this stage, the issues in this case are S 18 || not sufficiently complex, nor is Plaintiff unable to effectively present his claims, such that the 19 || interests of justice necessitate referral…