(PC) Colbourn v. California Courts ( 2020 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ORRIN TYLER COLBOURN, No. 2:20-cv-0725 DB P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 CALIFORNIA COURTS, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff has requested the appointment of counsel. (ECF No. 19). Review of the motion 18 indicates that he provides no arguments in support of this request. (See generally id.). 19 The United States Supreme Court has ruled that district courts lack authority to require 20 counsel to represent indigent prisoners in § 1983 cases. Mallard v. United States Dist. Court, 490 21 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). In certain exceptional circumstances, the court may request the voluntary 22 assistance of counsel pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015, 1017 23 (9th Cir. 1991); Wood v. Housewright, 900 F.2d 1332, 1335-36 (9th Cir. 1990). 24 In the present case, plaintiff has provided no arguments in support of his request for the 25 appointment of counsel. (See generally ECF No. 19). Therefore, the court does not find the 26 required exceptional circumstances, and plaintiff’s request for the appointment of counsel will be 27 denied. 28 //// 1 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s request for the appointment of 2 counsel (ECF No. 19) is DENIED. 3 Dated: June 16, 2020 4 /s/ DEBORAH BARNES UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 5 6 7 8 DLB:13 DB/ORDERS/ORDERS.PRISONER.CIVIL RIGHTS/colb0725.31 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28