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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 VICTORY,

Plaintiff,

v.

BOARD OF PAROLE HEARINGS, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:16-cv-0997 WBS CKD P 

ORDER

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se. Plaintiff seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

§ 1983 and has requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. This 

proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). 

Plaintiff has submitted a declaration that makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 

1915(a). Accordingly, the request to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted.

Plaintiff is required to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action. 28 U.S.C. §§ 

1914(a), 1915(b)(1). By separate order, the court will direct the appropriate agency to collect the 

initial partial filing fee from plaintiff’s trust account and forward it to the Clerk of the Court. 

Thereafter, plaintiff will be obligated for monthly payments of twenty percent of the preceding 

month’s income credited to plaintiff’s prison trust account. These payments will be forwarded by 

the appropriate agency to the Clerk of the Court each time the amount in plaintiff’s account 

exceeds $10.00, until the filing fee is paid in full. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2).

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Plaintiff commenced this action on May 11, 2016. The same day, he filed a “motion to 

stay complaint and hold in abeyance.” (ECF Nos. 1 & 2.) On June 9, 2016, plaintiff requested 

that his motion to stay be vacated. (ECF No. 9.) That request will be granted. 

Also on June 9, 2016, plaintiff filed a motion to amend, along with a proposed amended 

complaint. (ECF No. 8.) This motion will be granted, and the court will proceed to screen the 

amended complaint in a future order. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a) (allowing party to amend 

pleading once as a matter of course); 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). 

Plaintiff has also requested the appointment of counsel. (ECF No. 7.) 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.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion to stay complaint (ECF No. 2) is vacated; 

2. Plaintiff’s request for appointment of counsel (ECF No. 7) is denied; 

3. Plaintiff’s motion to amend (ECF No. 8) is granted, and this action shall proceed on the 

amended complaint filed June 9, 2016; 

4. Plaintiff’s motion to vacate the motion to stay complaint (ECF No. 9) is granted; 

5. Plaintiff’s request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 5) is granted; and

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6. Plaintiff is obligated to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action. All fees 

shall be collected and paid in accordance with this court’s order to the Director of the California 

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation filed concurrently herewith. 

Dated: June 16, 2016

2/md; vict0997.ord

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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