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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STEPHEN HOUK, Case No.: 1:23-cv-01540-JLT-SKO Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO APPOINT COUNSEL AND / OR

v. APPOINT AN EXPERT

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

Defendants.

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