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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TEVIN LEE HARRIS, Case No. 1:19-cv-00429-JDP Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO AMEND v. ECF No. 11 E. PARKS, et al., ORDER DENYING MOTION TO APPOINT

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Defendants. ECF No. 7 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Before the court are plaintiff’s motion to amend his complaint, ECF No. 11, and motion to appoint counsel, ECF No. 7. For the reasons discussed below, I will grant plaintiff’s motion to amend and deny plaintiff’s motion for counsel. I. Motion to Amend Complaint Plaintiff moves the court for leave to amend his complaint. As this is plaintiff’s first motion and I grant leave to amend once as a matter of course, I grant plaintiff’s motion. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(1); ECF No. 11. Plaintiff will have thirty days to submit a first amended complaint. The amended complaint will…