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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ANDRE L. REVIS, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

DALE SYERSON, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:12-cv-2751-MCE-EFB P 

ORDER 

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. He once against requests that the court appoint counsel. As plaintiff has been 

previously informed (see ECF Nos. 12, 26), district courts lack authority to require counsel to 

represent indigent prisoners in section 1983 cases. Mallard v. United States Dist. Court, 490 U.S. 

296, 298 (1989). In exceptional circumstances, the court may request an attorney to voluntarily 

to represent such a plaintiff. See 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). When 

determining whether “exceptional circumstances” exist, the court must consider the likelihood of 

success on the merits as well as the ability of the plaintiff to articulate his claims pro se in light of 

the complexity of the legal issues involved. Palmer v. Valdez, 560 F.3d 965, 970 (9th Cir. 2009). 

Having once again considered those factors, the court still finds there are no exceptional 

circumstances in this case. 

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 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s request for appointment of 

counsel (ECF No. 34) is denied. 

DATED: May 7, 2014. 

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