Wilson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHRISTOPHER JOHN WILSON, Case No. 1:19-cv-01132-JLT-BAM Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR COUNSEL

v. (Doc. 57) TUOLUMNE COUNTY, et al., Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff Christopher John Wilson is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on Plaintiff’s first amended complaint, filed on March 8, 2021, against Defendants Hankins and Durham for excessive use of force in violation of the Fourth Amendment in connection with the alleged handcuffing incident of June 9, 2029. Defendants Hankins and Durham have answered the complaint and a scheduling order has issued. (See Docs. 48, 51, 53.) On February 10, 2022, Plaintiff filed the instant motion requesting that the court appoint him counsel in this action. (Doc. 57.) Plaintiff states that he is illiterate, with an eighth-grade education, and has limited understanding. He also reports that inmates…