Welsh

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 TYRONE LEWIS, Case No. 1:19-cv-01468-NONE-EPG (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF PRO BONO v. COUNSEL, WITHOUT PREJUDICE

WELSH, (ECF NO. 30)

Defendant.

17 Tyrone Lewis (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this action. On December 18, 2020, Plaintiff filed a motion for appointment of pro bono counsel. (ECF No. 30). Plaintiff asks for appointment of counsel because he is unable to afford counsel; because his imprisonment and positive COVID-19 test will greatly limit his ability to litigate; because the issues involved in this case are complex and will require significant research and investigation; because Plaintiff is currently in quarantine and his institution of confinement is on indefinite lockdown due to COVID-19 outbreaks; because Plaintiff is a CCCMS inmate and has no access to the law library; because Plaintiff has very limited knowledge of…