(PC) O'Connor v. J. Lizarraga

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GLENN O’CONNOR, No. 2:19-cv-0658 KJM KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTIONS AND

REHABILITATION, et al., Defendants. 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding pro se, in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court is plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel or, in the alternative, dismissal with prejudice. (ECF No. 104.) For the reasons stated herein, plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel is denied. Plaintiff is granted thirty days to file an opposition to defendants’ summary judgment motion. In the pending motion, plaintiff contends that he has tried about ten times to work on his opposition to defendants’ summary judgment motion. (Id. at 1.) Plaintiff alleges that he is too physically ill to prepare his opposition. (Id.) Plaintiff alleges that within minutes of spreading the massive motion on the floor, he becomes overwhelmed by symptoms…