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3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

4 DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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6 JOSHUA H. CRITTENDON, Case No. 2:17-cv-1700-RFB-BNW

7 Plaintiff, ORDER 8 v.

9 JOE LOMBARDO, et al.,

10 Defendants.

11 12 The Court previously reviewed Plaintiff’s request for appointment of counsel and granted 13 it. (See ECF No. 136.) The Court referred the case to the Pro Bono Pilot Project and pro bono 14 counsel was subsequently appointed for Plaintiff. 15 On January 28, 2020, Plaintiff’s pro bono counsel filed an unopposed motion to withdraw. 16 (ECF No. 191.) The Court granted this motion. (ECF No. 192.) Accordingly, the Court will refer 17 this case to the Court’s Pro Bono Pilot Program to attempt to find another attorney to accept 18 Plaintiff’s case. 19 Plaintiff should be aware that the federal court has no authority to require attorneys to 20 represent indigent litigants in civil cases under

(d). Mallard v. U.S. Dist. Court 21 for Southern Dist. of Iowa,

(1989). Rather, when a court “appoints” an 22 attorney, it can only do so if the attorney voluntarily accepts the assignment.

If counsel is 23 found for Plaintiff, the Court will issue an order appointing counsel and counsel will contact 24 Plaintiff. Plaintiff is reminded that until counsel is provided, he is still responsible for complying 25 with all deadlines in his case. 26 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that this case is referred to the Pilot Pro Bono Program 27 adopted in General Order 2017-07 for the purpose of identifying an attorney willing to be 1 || deadlines currently set in his case and there is no guarantee that counsel will be appointed. If 2 || counsel is found, an order appointing counsel will be issued by the Court and Plaintiff will be 3 || contacted by counsel. 4 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court must forward this order to the Pro 5 || Bono Liaison. 6 7 DATED: February 3, 2020 8 Lrg la BRENDA WEKSLER 10 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28