(PC) Franks v. Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TOM MARK FRANKS, Case No. 1:15-cv-00401-EPG Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF PRO BONO

v. COUNSEL WITHOUT PREJUDICE

KIRK, et al., (ECF NO. 120)

Defendants.

16 Plaintiff Tom Mark Franks (“Plaintiff”) is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. A jury trial was held on July 19 and 20, 2018, after which the jury returned a verdict in favor of Defendants, Deputy Sheriff Max Wigt, Deputy Sheriff Ryan Mauldin, and Lieutenant Timothy Kirk, and against Plaintiff, Tom Mark Franks. (ECF No. 103.) Plaintiff then filed a motion for a new trial, which the Court denied. (ECF Nos. 107, 112.) Plaintiff then appealed the judgment and the denial of his motion for a new trial to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. (ECF No. 113.) That appeal remains pending. On June 6, 2019, Plaintiff filed a motion asking this Court…