The following excerpt is from Kilgore v. Director, No. 2:11-cv-1745 TLN KJN P (TEMP) (E.D. Cal. 2016):
Plaintiff also filed two requests for appointment of counsel. Plaintiff contends that he needs counsel because he is not a lawyer and has limited ability to elicit necessary facts and articulate legal claims. The court sympathizes with these challenges. However, district courts lack authority to require counsel to represent indigent prisoners in section 1983 cases. Mallard v.
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