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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 

MICHAEL J. MITCHELL, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SNOWDEN, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:15-cv-1167 TLN AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff has filed a third motion for an indeterminate extension of time to file objections 

to the court’s findings and recommendations filed June 10, 2016. See ECF No. 34. In response 

to plaintiff’s initial similar request, the court construed plaintiff’s motion “as an objection to the 

recommendation that this action be dismissed with prejudice, and to any and all findings and fact 

and conclusions of law on which that recommendation is based,” thereby requiring the district 

judge to review de novo plaintiff’s previously made arguments on the merits of his claims. See 

ECF No. 31. Plaintiff’s instant request for extended time is therefore unnecessary and will be 

denied. 

 Plaintiff also requests appointment of counsel. Based on the court’s findings that this 

action is barred by the statute of limitations, the court construes no likelihood of success on the 

merits of plaintiff’s claims and therefore finds that plaintiff has failed to demonstrate the requisite 

“exceptional circumstances” that may support appointment of counsel. See Palmer v. Valdez, 

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560 F.3d 965, 970 (9th Cir. 2009). Therefore, plaintiff’s request for appointment of counsel will 

also be denied. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion filed September 27, 

2016, which requests both extended time and appointment of counsel, ECF No. 34, is denied. 

DATED: September 29, 2016 

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