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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KORY T. O’BRIEN, ) Case No.: 1:18-cv-00741-NONE-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION v. ) FOR APPOINTMENT OF AN EXPERT

WITNESS

) K. E. SAID, ) (ECF No. 58) Defendants. ) ) )

Plaintiff Kory T. O’Brien is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of an expert witness, filed August 31, 2020. Federal Rule of Evidence 706(a) permits a “district court to apportion all the cost [of an expert witness] to one side” in an appropriate case, as when[] one of the parties in an action is indigent” and “the expert would significantly help the court.” McKinney v. Anderson, 924 F.2d 1500, 1511 (9th Cir. 1991), vacated on other grounds sub nom. Helling v. McKinney, 502 U.S. 903 (1991), judgment reinstated, 959 F.2d 853 (9th Cir. 1991), aff’d, 509…