Mayfield
(PC) Ramos v. Mayfield
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
8 9 LEOBARDO ERIC RAMOS, Case No. 1:21-cv-01036-NONE-EPG (PC) 10 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL, v. WITHOUT PREJUDICE 12 MAYFIELD, et al., ORDER DIRECTING CLERK TO SEND PLAINTIFF A COPY OF HIS FIRST
AMENDED COMPLAINT (ECF NO. 10)
Defendants. 14 (ECF No. 15)
16 Leobardo Ramos (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On November 29, 2021, Plaintiff filed a motion for appointment of counsel. (ECF No. 15). Plaintiff asks for appointment of counsel because he has a mental disorder and deals with twelve active diagnoses; because he has a current TABE score of 5.0; because this case has complex cross-examination and frustrating discovery; because this case is meritorious; because 23 1 Plaintiff attached a letter to his motion. In the letter, Plaintiff states that custody threw away his legal work. …