Baker

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 SHANNON WILLIAMS, Case No. 1:16-cv-01540-DAD-JDP

Plaintiff,

ORDER APPOINTING LIMITED-PURPOSE

v. COUNSEL OFFICER BAKER, Defendant. 15 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 October 28, 2019, the plaintiff filed a Motion to Appoint Counsel. ECF No. 66. On February 7, 2020, the court found appointment of counsel for plaintiff warranted for the limited purpose of briefing whether plaintiff’s remaining Eighth Amendment allegation in his complaint states a claim upon which relief may be granted in light of Ziglar v. Abbasi, 137 S. Ct. 1843, 1854 (2017). ECF No. 69. Carter C. White and the King Hall Civil Rights Clinic have been selected from the court’s pro bono attorney panel to represent plaintiff for this limited purpose and have agreed to be appointed. …