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Parties Involved:
Darrel Adams
Defendant
Salvador David Gerolaga
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SALVADOR DAVID GEROLAGA, )

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Plaintiff, )

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DARREL ADAMS, )

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Defendant. )

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1:07-CV-00181-OWW-NEW(DLB)-P

 

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL 

(Doc. 5)

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 District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, 490 U.S. 296, 298, 109

S.Ct. 1814, 1816 (1989). In certain exceptional circumstances, the court may request the voluntary

assistance of counsel pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th

Cir. 1997). Without a reasonable method of securing and compensating counsel, this court will seek

volunteer counsel only in the most serious and exceptional cases. 

In the present case, the court does not find the required exceptional circumstances. See

Rand, 113 F.3d at 1525. Even if it is assumed that plaintiff is not well versed in the law and that he has

made serious allegations which, if proved, would entitle him to relief, his case is not exceptional. This

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court is faced with similar cases almost daily. Therefore, plaintiff's request for the appointment of

counsel shall be denied.

In accordance with the above, plaintiff's request for the appointment of counsel is

HEREBY DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 1, 2007 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

220hhe UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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