(PC) Smith v. Gonzales

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LARRY SMITH, No. 1:17-cv-00436 KES GSA (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR THE

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

v. J. GONZALES, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, has filed this civil rights action seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. Plaintiff has requested the appointment of counsel. ECF No. 190. For the reasons stated below, the motion will be denied. I. MOTION FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL In support of Plaintiff’s motion for the appointment of counsel, he states that he has been physically attacked by other inmates for “unprovoked reasons”. ECF No. 190 at 1. He also states that due to a spinal infection, he has been in pain and has been sent to the hospital. Id. at 2. Finally, Plaintiff writes that after being attacked, because he…