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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SUSAN MAE POLK, Case No. 1:12-cv-01156-DAD-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO APPOINT

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v. (ECF No. 140) LATTIMORE, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Susan Mae Polk (“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 fifth amended complaint against Defendant Baron for retaliation in violation of the First Amendment and deliberate indifference in violation of the Eighth Amendment. I. Motion to Appoint Counsel Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to appoint counsel, filed April 26, 2021. (ECF No. 140.) As explained in the notice filed together with Plaintiff’s motion to appoint counsel, Plaintiff originally mailed her motion to appoint counsel on March 30, 2021. (ECF No. 141.) It was apparently received by Defendant, who filed an opposition on April 12, 2021. (ECF No. 138.) The Court issued…