CDCR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN GRESCHNER, No. 2:15-cv-1663 MCE AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTIONS AND

REHABILITATION, et al., Defendants. 17 18 Plaintiff is a former California state prisoner currently incarcerated in Colorado. Plaintiff proceeds pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action challenging the quality of the medical care he received during his prior incarceration at High Desert State Prison (HDSP), under the authority of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). Currently pending is plaintiff’s combined motion for leave to amend the operative First Amended Complaint (FAC), and for appointment of counsel. See ECF No. 41. Defendant Rohlfing opposes the motion. ECF No. 44. For the reasons that follow, the undersigned denies the motion as to both matters. Plaintiff seeks leave to amend the operative FAC (ECF No. 15), as previously screened by 28 the…