Kernan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAM DRAKE, ) Case No.: 1:17-cv-01500-AWI-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION v. ) RECOMMENDING DENIAL OF PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

) SCOTT KERNAN, et al., AND/OR REQUEST FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF ) Defendants. ) [ECF No. 71] ) )

Plaintiff Sam Drake is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for assignment of a private investigator and/or request for injunctive relief, filed September 25, 2019. I. BACKGROUND This action is proceeding on the following claims: (1) retaliatory food poisoning under the First and Eighth Amendment against Defendants Navarro and Gonzalez; (2) due process violation relating to a RVR hearing under the Fourteenth Amendment against…