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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BARRY LOUIS LAMON, Case No. 1:22-cv-01421-KES-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTIONS TO APPOINT

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v. (ECF Nos. 45, 46) MCTAGGART, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Barry Louis Lamon (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action was removed from Kings County Superior Court on November 3, 2022. (ECF No. 1.) The second amended complaint has not yet been screened. Currently before the Court are Plaintiff’s motions for appointment of counsel, filed January 27, 2025. (ECF Nos. 45, 46.) Plaintiff states that he is unable to afford counsel, the issues in this case are sufficiently complex within the context of Plaintiff’s mental and cognizable ability that Plaintiff would be prejudiced in an effort to bring actually colorable claims, Plaintiff is clinically diagnosed as suffering from a “serious paranoid delusional personality disorder that causes significant…