Doe
(PC) Lynch v. Doe
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANTHONEY LYNCH, Case No. 1:09-cv-02097-AWI-JDP Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTIONS TO VACATE
AND TO APPOINT COUNSEL
v. ECF Nos. 75, 76 JOHN OR JANE DOE, et al., Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner without counsel, filed the pending motion in his civil rights case that was closed on February 27, 2015. Plaintiff’s complaint was dismissed for failure to state a claim. ECF No. 58. On August 17, 2015, plaintiff filed an untimely motion for an extension of time to file his appeal. ECF No. 60. Plaintiff’s motion was denied on September 4, 2015. ECF No. 61. The Ninth Circuit remanded the order to allow the district court to consider whether the motion included a timely motion to reopen. ECF No. 63. Ultimately, the district court ruled that the motion to reopen was untimely, ECF No. 72, and the appeal was dismissed on March 14, 2017. ECF No. 73. Two years later, plaintiff filed the instant motions. In his motion to…