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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MACK A. WEST,

Plaintiff,

v.

RYAN PETTIGREW, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:11-cv-1692 JAM CKD P

ORDER

Plaintiff has requested the appointment of counsel. (ECF No. 105.) The United States 

Supreme Court has ruled that district courts lack authority to require counsel to represent indigent 

prisoners in § 1983 cases. Mallard v. United States Dist. Court, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). In 

certain exceptional circumstances, the court may request the voluntary assistance of counsel 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015, 1017 (9th Cir. 1991); 

Wood v. Housewright, 900 F.2d 1332, 1335-36 (9th Cir. 1990). In the present case, the court 

does not find the required exceptional circumstances. Plaintiff’s request for the appointment of 

counsel will therefore be denied.

Plaintiff has also requested a twenty-one day extension of time to file a motion to compel 

pursuant to the court’s order of October 28, 2013. (ECF No. 106.) Good cause appearing, 

plaintiff’s motion is granted.

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s December 2, 2013 motion for the appointment of counsel (ECF No. 105) is 

denied;

2. Plaintiff’s December 2, 2013 motion for an extension of time (ECF No. 106) is 

granted; and

3. Plaintiff is granted twenty-one days from the date of this order in which to file a

motion to compel.

Dated: December 5, 2013

/mp; west1692.31(2)

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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