Gamboa
(PC) Garces v. Gamboa
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 LUIS MANUEL GARCES, Case No. 1:21-cv-00392-JLT-EPG (PC) 11 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF PRO BONO v. COUNSEL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
M. GAMBOA, et al., (ECF No. 258)
Defendants.
16 Plaintiff Luis Manuel Garces is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On May 10, 2023, Plaintiff filed a motion for appointment of pro bono counsel.1 (ECF No. 258). Plaintiff states that he is unable to afford counsel, that his confinement in segregation 21 1 The Court notes that, on the same day Plaintiff filed the instant motion, Plaintiff also filed an interlocutory appeal regarding the Court’s prior discovery orders and denial of Plaintiff’s requests for the appointment of counsel. (ECF No. 256). On May 17, 2024, Plaintiff filed a second interlocutory appeal of the Court’s order granting Defendant’s motion to strike Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment on…