Childs

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 EARL CHILDS, Case No. 21-cv-09466-JSW

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

9 v. APPOINTMENT OF INVESTIGATOR

10 H. GASCA, et al., (ECF No. 41) Defendants. 11

12 Plaintiff, a California prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights case under 42 13 U.S.C. § 1983. He has filed a motion for appointment of a paralegal whom he has contacted or an 14 attorney. He wants them to obtain declarations from witnesses who are inmates and staff members 15 at his prison. 16 Plaintiff has not cited authority under which the Court may appoint, or more specifically 17 provide funds for an investigator or paralegal. As for appointment of an attorney, a court “may 18 request an attorney to represent any person unable to afford counsel.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1) 19 (emphasis added). The decision to request counsel to represent an indigent litigant under § 1915 is 20 within “the sound discretion of the trial court and is granted only in exceptional…