(PC) Morgan v. Sacramento County Sheriffs Dept.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SAMMY DAVIS MORGAN, No. 2:19-CV-1179-KJM-DMC-P Plaintiff, v. ORDER MORGAN, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the Court is plaintiff’s “Motion to Amend Application for an Order of Court Appointed Counsel.” (ECF No. 53). While plaintiff’s motion is less than clear, it appears he is seeking an order appointing either counsel or a paralegal to assist him with this case. Therefore, the Court construes plaintiff’s filing as a motion for the appointment of counsel. Also before the Court is plaintiff’s motion to appoint a private investigator (ECF No. 56). Plaintiff is seeking a court-appointed private investigator “on the grounds that the assistance of this Private Investigator is necessary [for] the preparation of plaintiff [sic] motion to subpoena defendants to produce documents, information, or objects or to permit…