Navarro

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PETER M. ARENA, Case No. 1:20-cv-00617-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO APPOINT

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v. (ECF No. 27) NAVARRO, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Peter M. Arena (“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 first amended complaint against Defendants Medina, Allison, Ramos, Pacheco, and Navarro for excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel, filed April 30, 2020. (ECF No. 27.) In his motion, Plaintiff states that he cannot afford to hire a lawyer, his imprisonment will greatly limit his ability to litigate this case, and the issues in this case are complex and a lawyer would help Plaintiff to apply the law properly in briefs and before the Court. Plaintiff further argues that a lawyer would assist Plaintiff in the…