(PC) Windham v. State of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 CHARLES WINDHAM, No. 2:20-cv-0773 TLN DB P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner who was proceeding pro se with a civil rights action. Plaintiff claimed that defendants violated his rights by taking items from his cell. This action was closed on April 14, 2021. (ECF Nos. 21, 22.) Presently before the court are plaintiff’s motion for the appointment of counsel. (ECF Nos. 29, 30.) By order dated June 14, 2021, the undersigned advised plaintiff that his allegations that he faces danger at the hands of prison gang members could not be pursued in this action. (ECF No. 25.) He was further instructed that should he wish to reopen this action he should file a motion for relief from judgment along with a proposed amended complaint. Plaintiff has now filed two motions seeking the appointment of counsel. In his initial motion he argued counsel should be appointed based on the complexity of the case to protect his due process…