Goss

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TOMMY MACKEY, No. 1:18-cv-00988-DAD-JDP

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

v. FOR A DISCOVERY EXTENSION AND

DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO

D. GOSS, et al., APPOINT COUNSEL Defendants. ECF No. 41 16 17 Plaintiff Tommy Mackey is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On September 14, 2020, plaintiff filed a single motion for a 90-day discovery extension and for appointed counsel. ECF No. 41. The court will grant in part and deny in part. In light of the pandemic and the previous stay in this case, the court extends discovery by 90 days from the date of this order, and resets the deadline for dispositive motions to 120 days from the date of this order. The court denies plaintiff’s motion for counsel. Plaintiff contends that he has trouble litigating the case because of the pandemic, lost property, and difficulties…