Parker

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 GARY RAY BETTENCOURT, Case No. 1:16-cv-00150-DAD-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

v. (ECF No. 77) PARKER, et al., Defendants. 13 Plaintiff Gary Ray Bettencourt (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on Plaintiff’s claims of deliberate indifference in violation of the Eighth Amendment against Defendant Crooks for pulling two teeth that did not need to be pulled, and against Defendants Parker and Guzman for filing down six healthy teeth with a dental tool used for drilling cavities. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel, filed June 24, 2021. (ECF No. 70.) Although Defendants have not yet had the opportunity to file a response, the Court finds a response unnecessary. The motion is deemed submitted. Local Rule 230(l). In his motion, Plaintiff states that he is not a…