(PC) Ben-Binyamin v. Benavidez

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ELI’EZER RE’UEL BEN-BINYAMIN, No. 2:18-cv-1015-KJM-EFB P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 J. BENAVIDEZ, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 18 U.S.C. § 1983. He requests that the court appoint him counsel and modify the discovery and 19 scheduling order so that appointed counsel can assist him with discovery. ECF No. 42. 20 District courts lack authority to require counsel to represent indigent prisoners in section 21 1983…