Shaffer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KEITH A. BROWN, Case No. 1:18-cv-00470-AWI-JDP Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION AND MOTION

v. TO APPOINT COUNSEL JENNIFER SHAFFER, et al., ECF No. 15 Defendants. ORDER THAT PLAINTIFF NOTIFY THE

COURT WHETHER HE INTENDS TO FILE A

SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT WITHIN

THIRTY DAYS OF THIS ORDER

17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On May 21, 2020, plaintiff filed a motion for class certification and for appointed counsel. ECF No. 15. Plaintiff submits that his complaint raises issues common to a class, and that the issues are of sufficient complexity to warrant counsel. Id. Because he is proceeding pro se, plaintiff is not entitled to represent a class. See Simon v. Hartford Life, Inc., 546 F.3d 661, 664 (9th Cir. 2008) (“It is well established that the privilege to 24 …