Feleppa

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALFRED ARISTA, No. 1:22-cv-00240 KES GSA (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR THE

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

v. (ECF No. 51) MICHAEL FELEPPA, Defendant. 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 filed a motion for the appointment of counsel. ECF No. 51. 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, Plaintiff states that he lacks knowledge of civil law, and that the Office of the Attorney General is taking advantage of his lack of legal knowledge and misguiding him. See ECF No. 51 at 2. Plaintiff also states that it has been difficult to get into the prison law…