Valdez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SAMUEL SAMSON GUZMAN, Case No. 1:21-cv-00621-HBK Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO APPOINT COUNSEL

v.

R. VALDEZ, et al., (Doc. No. 6) Defendants.

16 17 Pending before the court is plaintiff’s motion for leave to appoint counsel filed May 6, 2021. (Doc. No. 6). Plaintiff, who is a prisoner, initiated this action by filing a pro se on his civil rights complaint filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Doc. No. 1) and is proceeding on his First Amended Complaint filed April 26, 2021 (Doc. No. 5). The court granted plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis due to his indigency. (Doc. No. 4). The court has not yet completed a screening of plaintiff’s complaint. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Plaintiff identifies the following reasons supports his motion for appointment of counsel: (1) he is unable to locate or afford counsel, (2) his imprisoned status hinders his ability to prosecute his “somewhat complex” case and an attorney…