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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans with Disabilities Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOSE DEJESUS RODRIGUEZ, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

VERONICA VEGA, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:15-cv-0158 GGH PS 

ORDER 

This action was voluntarily dismissed on December 22, 2015. 1 On August 18, 2016, 

plaintiff filed a document which the court has now construed as a motion for relief from judgment 

under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b). (ECF No. 36.) Defendant has filed a response; 

however, plaintiff has not filed a reply. Pursuant to plaintiff’s recent filings which indicate that 

he is now incarcerated at San Joaquin County Jail, and needs extra time in which to respond to 

filings, he will be granted an extension in which to file a reply to defendant’s response. (ECF No. 

40.) 

Plaintiff has also 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 

 

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 This action is before the undersigned pursuant to the parties’ consent to proceed before a 

magistrate judge. 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). 

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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. 

In his letter filed September 22, 2016, plaintiff additionally complains of how he is being 

treated while at San Joaquin County Jail, and that he is not being medically treated for a left 

elbow injury. (ECF No. 42.) Plaintiff is advised that he may not litigate these new matters in the 

instant case, but may file a new civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 as he sees fit. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Plaintiff’s request for extension of time in which to file a reply to defendant’s response 

to his Rule 60(b) motion, (ECF No. 40), is granted. 

2. Plaintiff is granted thirty (30) days from the date of this order in which to file a reply. 

3. Plaintiff’s request for the appointment of counsel, (ECF No. 40), is denied. 

4. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff the form for filing a civil rights 

action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by a prisoner. 

Dated: October 17, 2016 

 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

 

 

GGH:076/Rodriguez0158.eot 

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