Milligan

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JEROME ELI MCCOY, No. 2:23-cv-0700-DC-CKD P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 MILLIGAN, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a county jail inmate, proceeds without counsel under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 18 Defendant’s motion to compel (ECF No. 24) and plaintiff’s motions for the appointment of 19 counsel (ECF Nos. 23, 20) are before the court. For the reasons set forth below, defendant’s 20 motion to compel is granted and plaintiff’s motions for appointment of counsel are denied 21 without prejudice. 22 I. Background 23 Plaintiff proceeds on a deliberate indifference claim against defendant Jeremy Kastl, who 24 was allegedly the Kitchen Supervisor at the Sacramento County Jail. In the operative first 25 amended complaint (ECF No. 10), plaintiff alleges defendant ignored plaintiff’s stomach pains, 26 diarrhea, and allergic reactions caused by eating beans and intentionally served plaintiff beans 27 despite his documented food allergy. As a result, plaintiff…