Gallegos
(PC) Gleason v. Gallegos
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 11 THOMAS LEE GLEASON, JR., Case No. 1:19-cv-00539-NONE-EPG (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF PRO BONO v. COUNSEL
G. PLACENCIA, (ECF No. 75)
Defendant.
17 Thomas Gleason, Jr. (“Plaintiff”), is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On July 15, 2021, Plaintiff filed a motion for appointment of pro bono counsel. (ECF No. 75). Plaintiff asks for appointment of counsel because this case will require him to take the stand to testify on his behalf; because this is an exceptional circumstance; because this case has merit; because of the complexity of this case and the legal issues involved; and because, should this case proceed to trial, this case will be quite difficult to present to a jury. Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997),…