Ugwueze

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DARONTA T. LEWIS, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-00596-AWI-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR v. ) RECONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENT OF

COUNSEL

DR. G. UGWUEZE, et al., ) ) (ECF No. 94) Defendants. ) ) )

Plaintiff Daronta T. Lewis is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration of the Court’s July 2, 2021 order denying his fifth request for appointment of counsel, filed July 23, 2021. Reconsideration motions are committed to the discretion of the trial court. Rodgers v. Watt, 722 F.2d 456, 460 (9th Cir. 1983) (en banc); Combs v. Nick Garin Trucking, 825 F.2d 437, 441 (D.C. Cir. 1987). A party seeking reconsideration must set forth facts or law of a strongly convincing nature to induce the court to reverse a prior decision. See, e.g.,…