(PC) Asberry v. Biter

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 TONY ASBERRY, Case No. 1:16-cv-01741-LJO-JDP 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO APPOINT COUNSEL 13 v. ECF No. 172 14 C. RELEVANTE, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding without counsel, moves for counsel for the third time 18 in this case. ECF No. 172. Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in 19 this action, see Rand v. Rowland,

113 F.3d 1520, 1525

(9th Cir. 1997), and the court lacks the 20 authority to require an attorney to…