O'Brien
O'Brien v. Gularte
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KORY T. O’BRIEN, Case No.: 18-cv-980-BAS-MDD
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
v. MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF
COUNSEL PURSUANT TO
LISA GULARTE, et al., U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1) Defendant. [Doc. No. 71] 16 17 Plaintiff, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis (“IFP”) with a seconded amended civil rights Complaint [Doc. No. 40] filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and currently incarcerated at Valley State Prison, has submitted a motion in which he requests that the Court appoint counsel for him pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1) [Doc. No. 71]. “[T]here is no absolute right to counsel in civil proceedings.” Hedges v. Resolution Trust Corp. (In re Hedges), 32 F.3d 1360, 1363 (9th Cir. 1994) (citation omitted). Thus, federal courts do not have the authority “to make coercive appointments of counsel.” Mallard v. United States District Court, 490 U.S. 296, 310 (1989); see also United States v.…