Pleshchuk

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DARYL HICKS, No. 2:22-cv-0903 TLN CSK P Plaintiff, v. ORDER PLESHCHUK, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a former state prisoner proceeding pro se in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff seeks the appointment of counsel. I. BACKGROUND This action proceeds on plaintiff’s second amended complaint against defendants Pleshchuk and Powell, alleging that each defendant was deliberately indifferent to plaintiff’s serious mental health needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment. On July 16, 2024, the Court issued a discovery and scheduling order, setting the discovery deadline for November 22, 2024, and the pretrial motions deadline for February 28, 2025. (ECF No. 39.) On October 31, 2024, the Court granted defendant Pleshchuk’s first motion for limited modification of the discovery and scheduling order, and extended the deadlines to (1) serve deposition notices to December 23, 2024; (2)…