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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSEPH RAYMOND MCCOY, ) Case No.: 1:12-cv-000983-AWI-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION v. ) FOR APPOINTMENT OF EXPERT WITNESS

STRONACH, et al., ) [ECF No. 232] ) Defendants. ) ) )

Plaintiff Joseph Raymond McCoy is 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 for appointment of an expert witness, filed on June 17, 2020. Federal Rule of Evidence 706(a) permits a “district court to apportion all the cost [of an expert witness] to one side” in an appropriate case, as when[] one of the parties in an action is indigent” and “the expert would significantly help the court.” McKinney v. Anderson, 924 F.2d 1500, 1511 (9th Cir. 1991), vacated on other grounds sub nom. Helling v. McKinney, 502 U.S. 903 (1991), judgment reinstated, 959 F.2d 853 (9th Cir.…