Rodriguez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICHARD J. CRANE, No. 2:15-cv-0208 TLN KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER RODRIGUEZ, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding pro se, in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff requests that the court assign William Dresser as plaintiff’s attorney. Plaintiff’s Motion Plaintiff’s verified motion is based on his conversations with Mr. Dresser over the past four years, and “on January 18, 2022, Mr. Dresser advised plaintiff: ‘inform the Court that I accept appointment in this case.’” (ECF No. 276 at 1.) Although Mr. Dresser is scheduled for jury trial commencing January 24, 2022, he allegedly “is fully prepared to be assigned as counsel for plaintiff now.” (Id.) In addition, Mr. Dresser can address that witness Juan Munoz was never interviewed as alleged in an appeal inquiry report regarding the March 1, 2013 assault,1 which 26 The March 1, 2013 assault is one of four assaults raised…