Chavez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 RICARDO SALVADOR GONZALEZ, Case No. 1:25-cv-00386-KES-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

v. (ECF No. 14) CHAVEZ, et al., Defendants. 11 Plaintiff Ricardo Salvador Gonzalez (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On November 13, 2025, the undersigned issued findings and recommendations that this action proceed on Plaintiff’s first amended complaint against Defendant I. Chavez for excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment for the punch when Plaintiff was first put in the cage as Plaintiff was trying to sit down, and that all other claims and defendants be dismissed based on Plaintiff’s failure to state claims upon which relief may be granted. (ECF No. 13.) Those findings and recommendations are pending before the assigned District Judge. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel, filed December…