Yahiya

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FORREST KENDRID, No. 2:23-cv-1145 TLN CSK P Plaintiff, v. ORDER YAHIYA, et al., Defendants. 16 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff is a former civil detainee, proceeding without counsel, with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This order addresses plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel (ECF No. 41) and resets the deadlines for plaintiff’s deposition and pretrial motions. II. BACKGROUND On January 9, 2024, the Court issued a Discovery and Scheduling Order setting the discovery deadline for May 17, 2024 and the pretrial motion deadline for August 23, 2024. (ECF No. 25.) At the time the Discovery and Scheduling Order was filed, plaintiff was incarcerated. On May 3, 2024, defendants filed a motion to extend the discovery and pretrial motion deadlines because they had been unable to depose plaintiff because plaintiff had been in a mental health crisis bed. (ECF No. 33.) On May 6, 2024, the…