Diaz

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DAVID ARKEEM EVANS, Case No. 1:22-cv-00291-KES-BAM (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

13 v. (ECF No. 94) 14 DIAZ, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff David Arkeen Evans (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this 18 civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 19 Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel, filed 20 September 4, 2025. (ECF No. 94.) Plaintiff asserts that because the Court has issued findings 21 and recommendations that recommended Defendants’ motion for summary judgment be denied, 22 except for Defendant Bradford, this matter “is now ripe for a jury trial and should so be set.” (Id. 23 at 1.) Plaintiff argues that due to ongoing security issues at the prison where he is housed, the 24 inmate law library “is routinely closed without prior notice making it difficult if not impossible 25 for Plaintiff to research and prepare for a complex trial that is expected to last over 10…