(PC) Richards v. Smith

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ANTHONY DAVID RICHARDS, No. 2:23-CV-0070-DMC-P 12 13 Plaintiff, 14 v. ORDER 15 16 BENJAMIN SMITH, 17 Defendant. 18 19 20 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 21 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for the appointment of counsel, 22 ECF No. 13. 23 The United States Supreme Court has ruled that district courts lack authority to 24 require counsel to represent indigent prisoners in § 1983 cases. See Mallard v. United…