Shirley

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSHUA FORDYCE, A.K.A. BRITTANY No. 1:25-cv-00106 GSA (PC)

FORDYCE,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION Plaintiff, FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL 13 v. (ECF No. 14) 14 HEATHER SHIRLEY, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, has filed this civil 18 rights action seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States 19 Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. 20 Plaintiff has filed a request for the appointment of counsel. ECF No. 14. For the reasons 21 stated below, the motion will be denied.

I. MOTION FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

23 In support of Plaintiff’s motion for the appointment of counsel, he states, in relevant part, 24 that he is confused about how to show that he is entitled to relief because Wasco State Prison lost 25 his personal property. ECF No. 14 at 1. He also states that he is “[on] an emotional 26 rollercoaster” due to prison…