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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

ISAAC GONZALES, 

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-00-00945 GEB KJM P

vs.

CAL A. TERHUNE, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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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 has

requested the voluntary assistance of counsel, but the attorneys the court has asked to take

plaintiff’s case have declined. Therefore, plaintiff’s request for the appointment of counsel must

be denied.

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

appointment of counsel is denied.

DATED: October 11, 2005.

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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