Legal Opinion
(PC) Bell v. Jones
District Court, E.D. California
Decided May 15, 2020No. 2:20-cv-00793Unknown
1Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 ERIC BELL, SR., No. 2:20-cv-0793 WBS CKD P 11 Plaintiff, 12 v. ORDER 13 GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., 14 Defendants. 15 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 17 § 1983. Plaintiff has requested the appointment of counsel. District courts lack authority to 18 require counsel to represent indigent prisoners in section 1983 cases. Mallard v. United States 19 Dist. Court,
490 U.S. 296, 298
(1989). In exceptional circumstances, the court may request an 20 attorney…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Sammy Lee Terrell v. R.D. Brewer, Warden Jon Morales Christopher C. PhillipsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
- David Poe Wood v. Vernon G. Housewright, George SumnerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Mallard v. United States Dist. Court for Southern Dist. of IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Comfort v. Lynn School CommitteeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2009