1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 GUANGNAN LAI, 7 Case No. 25-cv-06780-JCS Plaintiff, 8 Vv. ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR 9 APPOINTMENT OF INTERPRETER CITY OF OAKLAND, et al., 10 Re: Dkt. No. 16 Defendants. 11 qg 12

Plaintiff has requested that the Court appoint an interpreter to assist him in Court hearings

v 14 || and proceedings pursuant to the Court Interpreters Act,

(“Act”). That Act, © 15 || however, entitles litigants to an interpreter only in “proceedings instituted by the United States.” 16 || Because this case is brought by a private individual and does not involve the United States, the

= 17 || Act does not authorize the Court to appoint an interpreter to assist Plaintiff in this civil action. See

18 || Anderson v. State Bar of California,

(9th Cir. 1990) (in action initiated by private 19 || individual the court had no duty to appoint an interpreter under Section 1827, which applies only 20 || to “judicial proceedings instituted by the United States”). If, however, Plaintiff seeks to appear at 21 || proceedings in this action with an individual who is fluent in Mandarin and English, whether or 22 || not that individual is formally certified as an interpreter, the Court will permit that individual to 23 || appear with Plaintiff to provide language assistance. 24 IT IS SO ORDERED. 25 Dated: September 25, 2025 26 € J PH C. SPERO 27 nited States Magistrate Judge 28