(PC) Green v. State of CA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DESHAWN LEAVELL GREEN, No. 2:23-cv-2243 KJM SCR P

Plaintiff, v. ORDER APPOINTING

LIMITED PURPOSE COUNSEL

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. For the reasons set forth below, the court will appoint plaintiff counsel for the limited purpose of investigating plaintiff’s claim and drafting and filing an amended complaint. BACKGROUND Plaintiff initiated the action by filing a complaint in the Northern District of California on September 22, 2023. (ECF No. 1). The case was transferred from the Northern District to this court on October 4, 2023. (ECF No. 5.) Plaintiff alleges that his medical needs, including use of a wheelchair and an “elevation restriction,” required placement at the Stockton Medical Facility. Plaintiff alleges he was instead placed at High Desert…