Doe

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BRIAN KEITH MCNUTT, No. 2:20-cv-0780 AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER JOHN DOE, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed this civil rights action seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. ECF No. 1. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. Plaintiff has filed a motion for extension of time to file an in forma pauperis application as well as a motion for the appointment of counsel. ECF No. 8. For the reasons stated below, the court will deny both motions. I. MOTION FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME Since filing the instant complaint in April 2020, plaintiff has been given three opportunities to file a proper in forma pauperis application. See ECF Nos. 3, 5, 7. Each time, he was sent another copy of the application form, and he was given anywhere from twenty-one to thirty additional days to properly file it. See ECF…