Opinion
No. CIV S-10-1707-GEB-CMK-P.
February 24, 2011
ORDER
Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court is plaintiff's motion for an order appointing a jailhouse lawyer to assist her (Doc. 18). The motion is denied as unnecessary because, where no reasonable alternative exists, plaintiff has a right to access to inmate assistance subject to the prison's ability to impose reasonable restrictions, and plaintiff has not claimed improper denial by prison staff of access to a jailhouse lawyer. See Storseth v. Spellman, 654 F.2d 1349 (9th Cir. 1981).
Plaintiff is a male-to-female transgender person who prefers to be referred to using feminine pronouns.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: February 23, 2011