(PC) Seymour v. Wasco State Prison Administration

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 AARON D. SEYMOUR, Case No. 1:21-cv-01485-AWI-EPG (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF PRO BONO v. COUNSEL, WITHOUT PREJUDICE 14 WASCO STATE PRISON (ECF No. 16)

ADMINISTRATION, et al.,

Defendants. 17 18 Aaron D. Seymour (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action. On January 5, 2022, Plaintiff filed a motion for appointment of pro bono counsel. (ECF No. 16). Plaintiff asks for appointment of counsel because he is unable to afford counsel; because the issues involved in this case are complex; because this case involves medical issues that will require expert testimony; because this case will require discovery of documents, as well as depositions of a number of witnesses; because he has extremely limited access to the law library due to the COVID-19 pandemic and California’s shutdowns and restrictions; because he has limited knowledge of…