What is the test for appointing an attorney to represent an indigent prisoner?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from McNeal v. Evert, No. 2:05-cv-441-GEB-EFB P (E.D. Cal. 2015):
Plaintiff also seeks appointment of counsel, stating that he is inexperienced in litigation and has been suffering from double vision, blurriness, and burning in his eyes since 2013. ECF No. 191. District courts lack authority to require counsel to represent indigent prisoners in section 1983 cases. Mallard v. United States Dist. Court, 490 U.S. 296, 298 (1989). In exceptional circumstances, the court may request an attorney to voluntarily represent such a
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