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Parties Involved:
Baker
Defendant
Joseph L. Stanley
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSEPH L. STANLEY, No. CIV S-06-2322-FCD-CMK-P

Plaintiff, 

vs. ORDER

BAKER,

Defendant.

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Plaintiff brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending

before the court is plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel (Doc. 19), filed on August 2,

2007. 

The United States Supreme Court has ruled that district courts lack authority to

require counsel to represent indigent plaintiffs in § 1983 cases. See 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). See 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 at this time find the required exceptional

circumstances. 

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

appointment of counsel is denied.

DATED: August 14, 2007.

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CRAIG M. KELLISON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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