Cejas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANDREW A. CEJAS, Case No.: 14cv1923-JO-WVG

F-34368

ORDER DENYING WITHOUT

Plaintiff, PREJUDICE MOTION TO APPOINT

COUNSEL

v. 15 DANIEL PARAMO, et al., Defendants. 17

Pro se Plaintiff Andrew Cejas filed his second motion to appoint counsel pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Dkt. 134. On November 8, 2022, the Court continued the trial date pending its consideration of that motion and has since made multiple unsuccessful referrals to the Court’s Pro Bono Panel pursuant to S.D. Cal. General Order 596. For the following reasons, the Court denies without prejudice the motion to appoint counsel. While the United States Constitution provides no right to appointment of counsel in civil cases, see Aldabe v. Aldabe, 616 F.2d 1089, 1093 (9th Cir. 1980), the Court may, in its discretion, appoint counsel for an individual who is unable to afford counsel. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Such requests are granted only in “exceptional…