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Parties Involved:
Lou Blanas
Defendant
Larry W. Kirk
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LARRY W. KIRK, No. CIV S-06-0033-MCE-CMK-P

Plaintiff, 

vs. ORDER

LOU BLANAS,

Defendant.

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, 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. 16), filed on October 11, 2006. Plaintiff’s second amended complaint will be addressed

separately. 

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

require counsel to represent indigent prisoners 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

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circumstances. 

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

appointment of counsel (Doc. 16) is denied.

DATED: October 13, 2006.

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CRAIG M. KELLISON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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