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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 YAKINI DEANDRE BYRD, Case No. 1:19-cv-01343-DAD-HBK

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO APPOINT COUNSEL

v. (Doc. No. 35) F. SERRANO,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

Defendant. D TOEN BY EI N EXG C I UN S P EA DR FT R P OL MA I EN XT HIF AF U’S S M TIO OT NI O AN N D TO AMEND PLEADINGS

(Doc. No. 36)

This matter comes before the court upon initial review of this case that was reassigned to the undersigned. (See Doc. No. 41). Plaintiff Yakini DeAndre Byrd is a prisoner proceeding pro se on his civil rights complaint filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Doc. 1). The complaint alleges an excessive use of force claim in violation of the Eighth Amendment against Defendant Serrano. (See Doc. Nos. 1, complaint; 15, screening order; and 22, order substituting proper defendant). Pending review, inter alia, are plaintiff’s motion to appoint counsel (Doc. No. 35) and motion to be excused from exhaustion…