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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GEORGE E. JACOBS, IV, Case No. 1:20-cv-00547-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO APPOINT

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v. (ECF No. 8) CDCR, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff George E. Jacobs, IV (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to appoint counsel, filed April 28, 2020. (ECF No. 8.) In his motion, Plaintiff states that as a result of an arm injury and subsequent surgery in 2015, he suffers from “radial nerve palsy” that prevents him from gripping a writing instrument with his dominant right hand, and he has “wrist droop syndrome” that prevents him from being able to write or type. Plaintiff states that the instant motion was typed by an inmate housed in the same cellblock as Plaintiff, but there is no guarantee of future inmate assistance in this task. Plaintiff contends that the Court should hold that his physical…