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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RONNIE LEE MOODY,

Plaintiff,

v.

SIMMS, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-04198-JSC 

ORDER DENYING MOTIONS 

FOR LEAVE TO FILE A SECOND 

AMENDED COMPLAINT AND 

FOR APPOINTMENT OF 

COUNSEL; GRANTING 

EXTENSION OF TIME

Re: Dkt. Nos. 25, 26

Plaintiff, a California prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action under 42 

U.S.C. § 1983 against San Francisco County Sheriff’s deputies for violating his rights while he 

was incarcerated at the San Francisco County Jail.1 Plaintiff has filed a motion for leave to file a 

second amended complaint. The motion is DENIED because Plaintiff has not submitted a 

proposed second amended complaint, and he has not explained the need to further amend his

complaint. 

Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel is DENIED. There is no constitutional right 

to counsel in a civil case. Lassiter v. Dep't of Social Services, 452 U.S. 18, 25 (1981). Section 

1915 confers on a district court only the power to "request" that counsel represent a litigant who is 

 

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The parties consented to the jurisdiction of a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 636(c). (ECF Nos. 1, 24.) 

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proceeding in forma pauperis, not the power to “appoint” counsel. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). 

Plaintiff is capable of presenting his claims effectively, and the issues, at least at this stage, are not 

complex. If the circumstances of this case materially change, this decision will be reconsidered 

sua sponte.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 15, 2016

JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY

United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RONNIE LEE MOODY,

Plaintiff,

v.

SIMMS, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-04198-JSC 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on June 15, 2016, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing 

said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Ronnie Lee Moody ID: Prisoner Id AX4388

High Desert State Prison

P.O. Box 3030

Susanville, CA 96127 

Dated: June 15, 2016

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Ada Means, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY

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