(PS) Espana v. Road Runner Tow

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAVID ESPANA, No. 2:19-cv-00475-JAM-KJN PS Plaintiff, v. ORDER ROAD RUNNER TOW, et al., Defendants. 16 Presently pending before the court is pro se plaintiff’s renewed motion to appoint counsel. (ECF No. 12.) The court denied plaintiff’s first motion to appoint counsel because “plaintiff ma[de] no showing regarding his efforts to secure counsel. Rather, plaintiff simply request[ed] the court appoint him counsel so that he may ‘prepare a proper complaint . . . [and] meet any and all requirements and time constraints.’” (ECF No. 9 at 2-4.) Denying the motion, the court relied on Bradshaw v. Zoological Society of San Diego, which directs a court to consider three factors before appointing counsel to a pro se plaintiff: (1) plaintiff’s financial resources; (2) the efforts already made by plaintiff to secure counsel; and (3) plaintiff’s likelihood of success on the merits. 662 F.2d 1301, 1318 (9th Cir. 1981). The court…