Carter

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Terrence M. CARTER, Case No.: 20-cv-0525-JAH-AGS Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

v. (ECF 15) WITHOUT PREJUDICE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant. 8 Plaintiff Terrence Carter seeks appointment of counsel based on his serious medical conditions. He suffers from cardiovascular problems and claims that he “is at a[n] extremely high risk of se[]vere illness or death if he comes in contact with Covid 19.” (ECF 15, at 1.) Also, he maintains that he is “not a well trained attorney or educated with the procedures of law whatsoever,” and so “prays for appointment of counsel . . . .” (Id.) “Generally, a person has no right to counsel in civil actions,” Palmer v. Valdez, 560 F.3d 965, 970 (9th Cir. 2009), and even under the statutory authority to recruit counsel in civil cases―28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1)―the Court cannot force counsel to represent an indigent civil litigant. See Mallard v. U.S. Dist. Ct. for the S. Dist. of…