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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DURRELL ANTHONY PUCKETT, Case No. 1:23-cv-00054-KES-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S THIRD

MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF

v. COUNSEL

J. BARRIOS, HERNANDEZ, WHITE, and (Doc. No. 88)

GUTIERREZ,

15 Defendants. 16 17 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s third Motion for Appointment of Counsel. (Doc. No. 88). Plaintiff, a state prisoner, is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis on his Third Amended Complaint. (Doc. Nos. 9, 73). Plaintiff seeks appointment of counsel because he has been “on and off suicidal and losing concentration at times” and because he believes he can prevail on the merits of his case with assistance from an attorney. (Doc. No. 88 at 1). The Court previously denied Plaintiff appointment of counsel in its Orders dated February 17, 2023 (Doc. No. 17) and December 19, 2023 (Doc. No. 58). The Court adopts herein the law governing appointment of counsel set forth in the Court’s February 17, 2023 and…