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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 CURTIS LEE MORRISON, No. 2:20-cv-01924-JAM-DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER E. VIERRA, Defendant. 15 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action. On March 30, 2021, the court dismissed this action as duplicative and for failure to state a claim on which relief can be granted. (ECF No. 12.) Judgement was also entered on March 30, 2021. (ECF No. 13.) Presently before the court is plaintiff’s motion for the appointment of counsel filed concurrently with a notice of appeal. (ECF No. 14.) “The filing of a notice of appeal is an event of jurisdictional significance—it confers jurisdiction on the court of appeals and divests the district court of its control over those aspects of the case involved in the appeal.” Griggs v. Provident Consumer Discount Co., 459 U.S. 56, 58 (1982). Additionally, the filing of a notice of appeal divests a trial court of jurisdiction over the matters appealed. Donovan…