Phillips

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VINCENT ALEX DELEON, Case No. 1:24-cv-00234-KES-EPG (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL,

v. WITHOUT PREJUDICE

STEVEN SANTIAGO, Defendant. (ECF No. 47) 15 Plaintiff Vincent DeLeon is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in 16 this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 17 On September 11, 2025, Plaintiff filed a motion for appointment of counsel. (ECF No. 18 47). Plaintiff states that he is representing himself in this matter and is unable to adequately 19 represent himself due to his multiple disabling conditions that impair his ability to litigate this 20 case. (Id.). Specifically, Plaintiff claims he suffers from a combination of pre-existing military 21 service-related disabilities, prior violent trauma, and a traumatic brain injury the result of which 22 this action is based on. (Id.) 23 Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v.…