Daram

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ERNEST L. COX, No. 2:20-cv-1295 DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER VASUKI DARAM, et al. Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleges defendants were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs when they deprived him of the use of a continuous positive airway pressure (“CPAP”) machine. By separate order, this court finds plaintiff has stated a cognizable Eighth Amendment claim against defendants. Herein, this court addresses plaintiff’s motions for a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) and for the appointment of counsel. TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER Plaintiff seeks an order requiring defendants to provide him with a usable CPAP machine immediately. Plaintiff has adequately alleged an imminent threat of irreparable injury. See 26 1 This court notes that, in his complaint, plaintiff states that he is also…