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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 STEPHEN HOUK, Case No.: 1:23-cv-01540-JLT-SKO 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO APPOINT COUNSEL AND / OR

13 v. APPOINT AN EXPERT

14 BRYAN D. PHILLIPS, et al., (Doc. 36)

15 Defendants.

16 17 Plaintiff Stephen Houk is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action 18 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983. (See Docs. 1, 4.) 19 I. INTRODUCTION 20 Plaintiff filed his original complaint on October 31, 2023. (Doc. 1.) The Court issued its 21 First Informational Order in Prisoner/Civil Detainee Civil Rights Case that same day. (Doc. 3.) On 22 February 13, 2024, the Court issued its First Screening Order, (Doc. 6), and after Plaintiff amended 23 his complaint, (Doc. 7), the Court issued a Second Screening Order, (Doc. 8), on which Plaintiff 24 elected to stand, (Doc. 9). 25 The undersigned then issued Findings and Recommendations, recommending dismissal of 26 all but Plaintiff’s Eighth…