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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSHUA JASON DALKE, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-00534-AWI-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO v. ) STAY THE PROCEEDINGS, AND DENYING

MOTINO FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL,

KING CLARK, et al., ) WITHOUT PREJUDICE ) Defendants. ) (ECF Nos. 42, 43) ) ) ) )

Plaintiff Joshua Jason Dalke is 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 motion to stay the proceedings and request for appointment of counsel, filed December 7, 2020. (ECF Nos. 42, 43.) Plaintiff’s requests must be denied. I. DISCUSSION A. Motion for Appointment of Counsel Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525…