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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 

REX CHAPPELL, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

B. FLEMING, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:12-cv-0234 MCE AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this action seeking relief pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. 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 request for the appointment of counsel will 

therefore be denied. 

 Plaintiff has also filed his second request for an extension of time to oppose the pending 

motions to dismiss filed by defendants on July 12, 2013, August 15, 2013, and August 23, 2013. 

Good cause appearing, the request will be granted. No further extensions of time will be granted. 

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 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. Plaintiff’s request for the appointment of counsel (ECF No. 60) is denied; 

 2. Plaintiff’s request for an extension of time (ECF No. 59) is granted; and 

 3. Plaintiff is granted forty-five days from the date of this order in which to file 

oppositions to the pending motions to dismiss. No further extensions of time will be granted. 

DATED: November 6, 2013 

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