(PC)Figueroa

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RUBEN FIGUEROA, Case No. 1:19-cv-00968-DAD-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO APPOINT

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v. (ECF No. 51) CLARK, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Ruben Figueroa (“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 first amended complaint against Defendants Baughman, Clark, Gallagher, Alfaro, Goss, Juarez, Hence, and Llamas for failure to provide outside exercise in violation of the Eighth Amendment and against Defendants Baughman, Clark, Goss, Hence, Gallagher, Llamas, and Gamboa for violations of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to appoint counsel, filed August 30, 2021. (ECF No. 51.) In his motion, Plaintiff states that he is seeking appointment of counsel pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3006(a)(2)(B). Plaintiff argues that appointment of…