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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 MOIZEZ M. MUNOZ, Case No. 1:18-cv-01665-DAD-EPG (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR APPOINTMENT OF PRO BONO

v. COUNSEL

UNDERWOOD, et al., (ECF NO. 32)

Defendants.

18 Moizez Munoz (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On August 5, 2019, Plaintiff filed a motion for appointment of pro bono counsel. (ECF No. 32). Plaintiff asks for appointment of counsel because he is unable to afford counsel, because his imprisonment will greatly limit his ability to litigate, because the issues in this case are complex, because a trial in this case will likely involve conflicting testimony, because he “is an E.O.P[.] in the mental health program, illiterate in aspects of court law proceedings, testing GPL of 4.0 in reading,” because Plaintiff needs counsel to present his claims to the Court and to retain…