Zaldivar-Galves

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 KEITH JEROME WRIGHT, No. 1:24-cv-01029 JLT GSA (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

13 v. (ECF No. 31) 14 IDALBERTO ZALDIVAR-GALVES, 15 Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, has filed this civil 18 rights action seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States 19 Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. 20 Plaintiff has filed a motion for the appointment of counsel. ECF No. 31. This is 21 Plaintiff’s second time making the request. See ECF No. 20. For the reasons stated below, the 22 motion will be denied. 23 I. MOTION FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL 24 In support of Plaintiff’s motion for the appointment of counsel, he states, in part, that he 25 his family has contacted five attorneys but none have responded ; that the issues in this case are 26 complex; that several witnesses will need to be…