Woodfill
(PC) Ruiz v. Woodfill
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROGELIO MAY RUIZ, No. 2:19-cv-2118 MCE KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER D. WOODFILL, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis. This action proceeds on plaintiff’s second amended complaint alleging that defendant Woodfill discriminated against plaintiff in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, and denied plaintiff outside exercise, in violation of the Eighth Amendment. On January 14, 2021, defendant filed a motion to revoke plaintiff’s in forma pauperis status. On February 18, 2021, plaintiff filed a motion to appoint counsel and an opposition; while the motion to appointment counsel is written in English, the opposition is completely written in Spanish. Plaintiff seeks the appointment of an interpreter. (ECF No. 47 at 1, 4.) On March 12, 2021, defendant filed a reply, pointing out that all filings in federal court must be written in English, and providing documents that…