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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WAYNE JEROME ROBERTSON, Case No. 1:17-cv-01022-DAD-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO APPOINT

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v. (ECF No. 52) GARCIA, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Wayne Jerome Robertson (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on Plaintiff’s first amended complaint against Defendants Garcia and Jones for excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion for summary judgment, filed January 4, 2019. (ECF No. 36.) On May 21, 2019, the Court stayed all discovery and continued all deadlines in the Court’s October 4, 2018 discovery and scheduling order pending the disposition of Defendants’ motion for summary judgment. (ECF No. 48.) Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to appoint counsel. (ECF No. 52.) Plaintiff argues that he is a lay person, and appointment of counsel is necessary due to the…