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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DIMITRIC MOSLEY, No. 2:16-cv-0945 WBS AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER DR. MA, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action, requests appointment of counsel. Plaintiff states that he is indigent; is currently housed in administrative segregation with limited access to the prison law library; has never been a party to a civil legal proceeding; that the issues in this case are complex and a lawyer would help plaintiff apply the law properly in his briefs before this court; and that a lawyer would assist in the presentation of evidence and cross-examination of witnesses at trial. This is plaintiff’s first request for appointment of counsel. He has no other cases pending in this court. The instant case proceeds against two defendants on plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment claims for deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. The court referred…