The following excerpt is from Young v. Diaz, No. 2:19-cv-983-JAM-EFB P (E.D. Cal. 2019):
1. The court also declines to appoint counsel to represent the putative class. See Goolsby v. Cate, No. 13-00119-GSA-PC, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 77020, at * 4 (E.D. Cal., May 31, 2013) ("Plaintiffs' desire to pursue class-action relief does not present an "exceptional circumstance;" if it did, every pro se prisoner seeking class-action relief would automatically be entitled to the appointment of counsel.").
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