McCowan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TIMOTHY RAY BAKER, No. 2:15-cv-00248-TLN-AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER J. MACOMBER, et al., Defendants. 16 On January 6, 2020, Plaintiff filed a motion to appoint counsel. (ECF No. 149.) On February 11, 2020, before the Court issued its ruling on Plaintiff’s pending motion, Plaintiff filed an additional motion to appoint counsel. (ECF No. 151.) The Court notes that Plaintiff has a lengthy history of requesting the appointment of counsel in this litigation. The first five motions to appoint counsel were all denied. (ECF Nos. 13, 18, 23–24, 27–28, 32, 34, 63–64.) Plaintiff’s sixth motion was granted for the limited purpose of representing Plaintiff at a mandatory settlement conference. (ECF Nos. 86, 89–90.) Plaintiff’s seventh motion was also granted, for the limited purposes of trial preparations and representing Plaintiff at trial (ECF Nos. 98–100); however, approximately five months later, Plaintiff and his appointed…