Paulin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, No. 2:19-cv-2459 JAM DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER COUNTY OF SOLANO, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a former county and current state inmate proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims that officers used excessive force against him and denied him medical treatment. Presently before the court is plaintiff’s motion to reopen discovery. (ECF No. 44.) I. Plaintiff’s Motion to Reopen Discovery In support of his motion to reopen discovery, plaintiff argues that he retained an attorney to assist him in 2019. The attorney assured plaintiff he would prepare and file a complaint. Two months later plaintiff contacted the attorney and was told the attorney could no longer represent him because the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) “would limit what he could receive.” (ECF No. 44 at 3.) Plaintiff then found a fellow inmate to assist him in…