(PC) Perez v. Smith

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SANDRO S. PEREZ, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-00840-DAD-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S SECOND v. ) MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL,

WITHOUT PREJUDICE

A, SMITH, et al., ) ) (ECF No. 49) Defendants. ) ) ) ) )

Plaintiff Sandro S. Perez 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 second motion for appointment of counsel, filed November 12, 2021. Plaintiff asks for appointment of counsel because he is unable to afford counsel; his imprisonment limits his ability to litigate properly; lack of access to legal materials and law library; the issues in this case are complex; he has limited knowledge of the law; he is housed in segregation; and he has not been able to obtain a lawyer on his own. (ECF No. 49.) There is no…