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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DARONTE T. LEWIS, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-00596-AWI-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR v. ) APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

DR. KOKOR, ) (ECF No. 81) )

Defendant. ) ) )

Plaintiff Daronta T. Lewis is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel filed on June 17, 2021. (ECF No. 81.) Plaintiff proffers that since May 31, 2021, he has been hospitalized due to right hand trauma and cannot write. Plaintiff states he does not know the extent of the injury nor how long he will be unable to write, and is requesting the appointment of counsel to assist with completing discovery. The Court notes that Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525…