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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

GRADY SMITH,

Plaintiff, CV F 05 0969 LJO WMW PC 

vs.

N. BARON, et al., ORDER RE MOTION (DOC 13)

Defendants.

 

Plaintiff has filed a motion for reconsideration of the Magistrate Judge’s October 10,

2006, order denying Plaintiff’s request for the appointment of counsel. Plaintiff’s motion

essentially restates Plaintiff’s request for the appointment of counsel. Plaintiff makes no legal

argument and offers no legal authority for his proposition that the October 10, 2006, order should

be reversed. 

The Magistrate Judge based his ruling on the proposition that the United States Supreme

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

prisoners in § 1983 cases. Mallard v. United States District Court for the Southern District of

Iowa, 490 U.S. 296, 109 S.Ct. 1814 (1989).

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

counsel pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d). Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015 (9th Cir. 1990);

Wood v. Housewright, 900 F.2d 1332 (9th Cir. 1990). The Magistrate Judge found that In the

present case, the court does not find the required exceptional circumstances. 

Accordingly, Plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration the order denying appointment of

counsel is denied.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 28, 2008 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

66h44d UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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