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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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 That document was not served on defendants. Plaintiff is advised that every document

submitted to the court for consideration must be served on defendants. Fed. R. Civ. P. 5. As a

prisoner proceeding pro se, plaintiff is required to serve all documents in this action

conventionally in accordance with the relevant provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 5. See Local Rule 5-

135(b). Since an attorney has filed a document with the court on behalf of defendants,

documents submitted by plaintiff must be served on that attorney and not on the defendants. Fed.

R. Civ. P. 5(b)(1). Conventional service is usually accomplished by mailing a copy of the

document to the attorney’s address of record. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(b)(2)(B). Plaintiff must

include with every document filed in this action a certificate stating the date an accurate copy of

the document was mailed to defendants’ attorney and the address to which it was mailed. See

Local Rule 5-135(b) and (c).

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANTHONY CRAWFORD,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-02-1180 GEB JFM P

vs.

K. TASISTA, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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On April 4, 2005, plaintiff filed a motion for appointment of counsel.1 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

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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.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s April 5, 2005 motion for

the appointment of counsel is denied.

DATED: May 4, 2005. 

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