Sherman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ADAM SHARPE, Case No. 1:19-cv-00711-DAD-EPG (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR APPOINTMENT OF PRO BONO

v. COUNSEL WITHOUT PREJUDICE

STU SHERMAN, et al., (ECF NO. 17)

Defendants.

16 Adam Sharpe (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On December 12, 2019, Plaintiff filed a motion for appointment of pro bono counsel. (ECF No. 19). Generally, Plaintiff asks for appointment of counsel because he cannot afford to hire a lawyer; because his imprisonment will greatly limit his ability to litigate; because the issues in this case are complex; because Plaintiff has limited access to the law library and limited knowledge of the law; because Plaintiff does not know how to litigate this action; and because the interests of justice and the economy of judicial resources would be best served by assignment of 25 …