Herrera

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MALIK DAVIS, No. 1:24-cv-00896 GSA (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

v. (ECF No. 16) JASMIN HERRERA, et al.,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST

Defendants. TO DISREGARD LAST APPOINTMENT OF

COUNSEL REQUEST AS UNTIMELY

16 (ECF No. 17)

18 Plaintiff has filed a request for the appointment of counsel. ECF No. 16. This is the 19 second motion for the appointment of counsel that he has filed within a very short time frame. 20 See ECF No. 13 (appointment of counsel request docketed 1/24/25). For the reasons stated below, 21 the motion will be denied.

I. MOTION FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

23 Some of the reasons Plaintiff offers in support of this request (i.e., he is indigent; 24 possibility of conflicting testimony) are the same as the ones he offered in his previous request. 25 Compare ECF No. 13, with ECF No. 16. However, the primary argument Plaintiff makes in the 26 instant motion is that he has a mental…