Eaton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSEPH LEONARD, No. 2:19-cv-0230 TLN DB P Petitioner, v. ORDER HUNTER ANGLEA, Respondent. 16 Petitioner has requested the appointment of counsel. (ECF No. 22). In the motion, petitioner also asks that the court conduct an evidentiary hearing and that it both prepare and present his claims to this court on his behalf. (See generally id.). In support of this motion, petitioner states in part that he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and that he is a “greenhorn at law” and as a result, he is unable to adequately present his claims in this court. (See ECF No. 22 at 1). For the reasons stated below, the court will deny this motion. On August 2, 2019, the court stayed this action at petitioner’s request. (See ECF Nos. 13, 21). As a result, neither motions nor rulings on them may be entertained in this case until petitioner informs the court that he has exhausted his state remedies and the stay in this…