(PC) Razaq v. California Department of Corrections
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KAHLILULLAH RAZAQ, Case No. 1:20-cv-01116-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO APPOINT
COUNSEL
v. (ECF No. 9) CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Kahlilullah Razaq (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding 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 renewed motion to appoint counsel, filed September 10, 2020. (ECF No. 9.) In his motion, Plaintiff again states that he does not know how to read or write in English and he needs an attorney to help him prepare his lawsuit. Plaintiff also references the Court’s August 28, 2020 screening order, which directed him to identify the Doe defendants in his amended complaint, stating that a Sergeant Timboler or Timbler did Plaintiff’s interview and knows all the officers who worked that day on A yard. Plaintiff requests that someone request this information from Sergeant Timbler, because…