The following excerpt is from Wilson v. Gardiner, Case No.: 17cv469-JLS-MDD (S.D. Cal. 2017):
District courts have discretion, however, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1915(e)(1), to "request" that an attorney represent indigent civil litigants upon a showing of exceptional circumstances. See Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d
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