Opinion
2:23-cv-01065
07-24-2023
RAYMOND DALE MCVAY, Plaintiff, v. WILL ZEBELL, KING COUNTY OFFICER JOHN DOE, JON OSLUND, MAC SETTER, RANDAL WATTS, DAVE MCEACHRAN, CHERYL SPRANGE, BOB FERGUSON, MARY BULLARD, TYRA FAYMOUS, and JOHN DOE, Defendants.
MINUTE ORDER
The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable Jamal N. Whitehead, United States District Judge: On July 21, 2023, Plaintiff filed an “Application for Court-Appointed Counsel” to, among other things, represent him during a polygraph examination on July 24, 2023. Dkt. No. 4. No constitutional right to appointed counsel exists in a § 1983 action. Storseth v. Spellman, 654 F.2d 1349, 1353 (9th Cir. 1981). But the Court may appoint counsel in “exceptional circumstances” for indigent civil litigants. Agyeman v. Corrections Corp. of Am., 390 F.3d 1101, 1103 (9th Cir. 2004). Plaintiff has not requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) and the Court has made no findings about his indigent status. Accordingly, the Court denies Plaintiff's motion at this time. The Court directs Plaintiff to the resources on the Court's website about “representing yourself” and the related information and forms for requesting counsel and applying to proceed IFP.