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Parties Involved:
Coggins
Defendant
Jerald Ben Ulmer
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JERALD BEN ULMER, )

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Plaintiff, )

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COGGINS, )

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Defendant. )

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ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL 

(DOCUMENT #3)

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, 109 S.Ct. 1814 (1989).

In certain exceptional circumstances, the court may request the voluntary assistance 

of counsel pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1). 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. 

Even if it is assumed that plaintiff is not well versed in the law and that he has made serious

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

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

must be denied.

In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff's request for

the appointment of counsel is denied.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 27, 2005 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

3c0hj8 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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