Pfeiffer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICARDO MARTINEZ, Case No. 1:19-cv-01768-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING, WITHOUT PREJUDICE,

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR

v. APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL C. PFEIFFER, et al., (ECF No. 2) Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Ricardo Martinez is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On September 18, 2019, Plaintiff initiated the instant action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. (ECF No. 1.) On December 16, 2019, the instant action was transferred to this Court. (ECF No. 5.) Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel, filed on September 18, 2019. (ECF No. 2.) Plaintiff contends that this Court should appoint counsel to represent him in this action because he cannot afford to hire counsel, he has a limited knowledge of law, he has a TABE score of 2.0, the issues involved in this case are…