Sherman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MELVIN RAY BRUMMETT JR., Case No. 1:20-cv-00622-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR

APPOINTMENT OF NEUTRAL EXPERT

v. AND/OR COUNSEL WITHOUT PREJUDICE

STUART SHERMAN, D. LOPEZ, G. (Doc. No. 68) BEARD, E. AGUIRRE, P. GARCIA, and NKIRUKA NDU, Defendants. 17 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion seeking the appointment of a neutral expert and/or appointment of counsel filed February 21, 2025. (Doc. No. 68). Defendants timely1 filed an opposition on March 13, 2025 (Doc. No. 67), and Plaintiff filed a reply. (Doc. No. 70). Appointment of Neutral Expert Plaintiff, who is a prisoner and proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis on his First Amended Complaint as screened (Doc. Nos. 12, 16, 18), seeks the appointment of independent

1 Plaintiff contends that Defendants’ opposition was not timely filed. (Doc. No. 70 at 1). Defendants’ opposition was timely filed within twenty-one (21)…