Baraona

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DURRELL ANTHONY PUCKETT, Case No. 1:21-cv-01448-KES-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING RENEWED MOTION

FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

v. (ECF No. 99) BARAONA, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Durrell Anthony Puckett (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on Plaintiff’s first amended complaint against: (1) Defendants A. Baraona, R. Burnitzki,1 R. Leos, H. Hernandez, and E. Diaz for excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment; (2) Defendants R. Leos for sexual assault in violation of the Eighth Amendment; and (3) Defendants A. Ruiz, R. Martinez, E. Ruiz, G. Meier,2 R. Gutierrez, J. Cruz, K. Allison (Cronister), and T. Price for failure to protect in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment is briefed and pending before the Court. (ECF Nos. 71–73.) Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s renewed…