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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STEVEN WILHELM, No. 2:22-cv-02323 DJC SCR Plaintiff, v. ORDER S. AUNG, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, proceeds pro se with claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for medical deliberate indifference in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights. (ECF No. 8.) Presently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to appoint counsel and two motions to compel discovery under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37. (ECF Nos. 34, 35, 36.) For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiff’s motions are denied. I. Motion to Appoint Counsel Before the Court is Plaintiff’s renewed motion to appoint counsel. (ECF No. 34.) As in his previous motion to appoint counsel, Plaintiff argues that he is incarcerated, indigent, and cannot afford counsel. (ECF Nos. 20 at 1, 34 at 1.) Plaintiff’s only new argument is that he will be deposed on June 25, 2024, and does not have any experience dealing with a deposition. (ECF No. 34, at 1-2.)…