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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JEFFERY BROADWAY, 

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-06-1482 MCE KJM P

vs.

T. FELKNER, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff has requested the appointment of counsel. 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 motion for the appointment of

counsel will therefore be denied.

Plaintiff has also requested that a default judgment be entered because defendants

did not file their answer within twenty days of the date of service. Court records reflect that the

U.S. Marshal sent waivers of service to defendants Townsend and Dangler on November 2,

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2007. See Docket No. 35. Their answer was filed on December 20, 2007, within the sixty days

allowed by Fed. R. Civ. P. 4 (d)(3). Plaintiff has not submitted anything showing when, or if,

defendants Sisto and Barnes have been served. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s December 19, 2007 motion for the appointment of counsel is

denied; and

2. Plaintiff’s December 12, 2007 request for the entry of default is denied.

DATED: January 11, 2008. 

2/ke

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