Gipson
(PC) Lewis v. Gipson
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAROTA TYRONE LEWIS, No. 1:20cv574-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
MOTIONS TO APPOINT COUNSEL
CONNIE GIPSON; RAPLH DIAZ, S. SHERMAN, S SMITH, FNU SMITH, (Doc. Nos. 29, 30, 32, 33, 45) FNU JOHNSON, FNU PIPER, NIKKI
JOHNSON, J. JIMENEZ, STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, CDCR, Defendants. 18 Pending before the Court are Plaintiff’s duplicative motions to appoint counsel filed 19 October 22, 2020 (Doc. No. 29), November 9, 2020 (Doc. No. 30), twice on November 16, 2020 20 (Doc. Nos. 32, 33), and December 4, 2020 (Doc. No. 45). Plaintiff Darota Tyrone Lewis is 21 currently incarcerated at the California Health Care Facility and is proceeding pro se on his Civil 22 Rights Complaint filed on April 14, 2020 (Doc. 1). Plaintiff is proceeding in forma pauperis. 23 (Doc. No. 10). 24 The United States Constitution does not require appointment of counsel in civil cases. See 25 Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343, 354 (1996) (explaining Bounds v. Smith, 430…