Pascua

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STACEN OMAR OUTHOUMMOUNTRY, ) Case No.: 1:22-cv-00104-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR v. ) APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL, WITHOUT

PREJUDICE

N. PASCUA, et al., ) ) (ECF No. 2) Defendants. ) ) )

Plaintiff Stacen Omar Outhoummountry is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the instant complaint and a motion for appointment of counsel on December 22, 2021, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. On January 19, 2022, the action was transferred to this Court. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel. (ECF No. 2.) Plaintiff asks for appointment of counsel because he is unable to afford counsel; his imprisonment limits his ability to litigate the action; limited knowledge of the law and access to the law library;…