Yablonsky
Yablonsky v. California Department of Correction & Rehabilitation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 JOHN HENRY YABLONSKY, Case No.: 18cv1122-CAB-AGS
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING WITHOUT
vs. PREJUDICE MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL [Doc. 12 No. 56] CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS AND
14 REHABILITATION, et al. Defendants. 16 17 On August 24, 2020, Plaintiff filed a motion requesting appointment of counsel. [Doc. No. 56.] Plaintiff asks the Court to appoint counsel for him because he is incarcerated, the issues in the case are complex, and he has limited access to a law library due to Covid 19 restrictions. [Doc. No. 56.] However, there is no constitutional right to counsel in a civil case. Lassiter v. Dept. of Social Servs, 452 U.S. 18, 25 (1981); Palmer v. Valdez, 560 F.3d 965, 970 (9th Cir. 2009). And while 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1) grants the district court limited discretion to “request” that an attorney represent an indigent civil litigant, Agyeman v. Corr. Corp. of America, 390 F.3d 1101, 1103…