(PC) Dunbar v. California Corrections Department

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 EDDIE LAMAR DUNBAR, No. 2:19-cv-1359 JAM DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., 13 Defendants. 14 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims that officers used excessive force against him, denied him medical treatment, and threatened him. Presently before the court is plaintiff’s motion for the appointment of counsel. (ECF No. 38.) Plaintiff states that he was transferred to Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) on March 15, 2021. (ECF No. 38 at 2.) He argues that at PBSP he has not had adequate access to the law library, has not received sufficient legal materials or indigent supplies. He states he has been “targeted and oppressed resulting in substantial damage to [his] mental health.” He further states that most of his energy has been spent on a petition for writ of habeas corpus. The United States Supreme Court has…