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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 JOSE MIGUEL DE LA CRUZ, Case No. 1:20-cv-00997-DAD-EPG (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF PRO BONO v. COUNSEL, WITHOUT PREJUDICE 14 OSCAR GALLOWAY, et al., (ECF No. 28)

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17 Jose Miguel Da Le Cruz (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On June 28, 2021, Plaintiff filed a motion for appointment of pro bono counsel, along with a copy of his prisoner trust fund account statement. (ECF Nos. 28 & 29). Plaintiff asks for appointment of counsel because he is unable to afford counsel; because the issues involved in this case are complex; because, as a segregation inmate, Plaintiff has extremely limited access to the law library; because Plaintiff wrote letters to attorneys asking them to represent him, to no avail; and because plaintiff has limited knowledge of the law. Plaintiff does not have a constitutional…