Briceno

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Marcus D. BRICENO, Case No.: 16-cv-1665-JAH-AGS Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

APPOINTED COUNSEL (ECF 105)

v. Blake WILLIAMS, et al., Defendants. 8 For the fourth time, plaintiff Marcus Briceno seeks appointed counsel. The last three times, he sought counsel because of medical issues that he alleged interfered with his ability to litigate his case and being “unlearned” in “the matters of law.” (See ECF 40, at 1.) This time, he argues that his “PTSD-Anxiety-Depression” is “not allowing [him] to move on with [his] case.” (ECF 105, at 1.) “Generally, a person has no right to counsel in civil actions.” Palmer v. Valdez, 560 F.3d 965, 970 (9th Cir. 2009). Even under the statutory authority to recruit civil counsel, the Court cannot force attorneys to represent an indigent civil litigant. See Mallard v. U.S. Dist. Ct. for the S. Dist. of Iowa, 490 U.S. 296, 310 (1989) (holding that the relevant statute—28 U.S.C. § 1915—“does not authorize the…