Baker

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SHANNON WILLIAMS, Case No. 1:16-cv-01540-DAD-JDP Plaintiff, ORDER ON RECRUITMENT OF COUNSEL v. ECF No. 66 OFFICER BAKER, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff Shannon Williams is a federal prisoner proceeding without counsel and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action brought under Bivens v. Six Unknown Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). On May 14, 2019, the court ordered plaintiff to address whether his remaining Eighth Amendment allegations in plaintiff’s complaint state a claim upon which relief may be granted in light of Ziglar v. Abbasi, 137 S. Ct. 1843, 1854 (2017). ECF No. 62. On August 13, 2019, plaintiff notified the court that he could not brief the Ziglar issue without access to legal materials, which he lacked while in a special or secure housing unit (“SHU”). ECF No. 64 at 1. On October 10, 2019, plaintiff requested appointment of counsel, stating that he remained in the SHU and still lacked access to…