(PC) Bucaojit v. Solano County Sheriff's Department

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANDREW MICHAEL BUCAOJIT, No. 2:19-cv-2055-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER SOLANO COUNTY, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeks to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF No. 2. He has also filed a motion for appointment of counsel (ECF No. 8) and a request for discovery (ECF No. 12). Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis Plaintiff’s application (ECF Nos. 2 and 11) makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). Accordingly, his request to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. Request for Appointment of Counsel District courts may authorize the appointment of counsel to represent an indigent civil litigant in certain exceptional circumstances. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1); Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 1015, 1017 (9th Cir.1991); Wood v. Housewright, 900 F.2d 1332, 1335–36 (9th Cir.1990);…