Arellano

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Raul ARELLANO, Case No.: 15-cv-02059-AJB-BGS

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

v. MOTION FOR APPOINTMNT OF

COUNSEL

SEDIGHI, et al.,

Defendants. [ECF No. 74]

18 Plaintiff Raul Arellano is a state prisoner proceeding in forma pauperis (“IFP”) and 19 pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 20 Plaintiff’s Motion for Appointment of Counsel is currently pending before the Court. (ECF 21 No. 74.) He argues that “exceptional circumstances” necessitate the appointment of 22 counsel because: (1) he needs an attorney to locate a witness who is “somewhere in the 23 streets by now”; (2) he needs to look for an expert witness; and (3) he has never taken 24 depositions before. (Id. at 1.) 25 “There is no absolute right to counsel in civil proceedings.” Hedges v. Resolution Trust 26 Corp., 32 F.3d 1360, 1363 (9th Cir. 1994); Palmer v. Valdez, 560 F.3d 965, 970 (9th Cir. 27…