Barton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MATTHEW CASTANEDA, Case No. 1:20-cv-01088-DAD-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

DISCOVERY AS MOOT AND DENYING

v. MOTION TO APPOINT COUNSEL

WITHOUT PREJUDICE

BARTON, et al., (ECF No. 29) Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Matthew Castaneda (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on Plaintiff’s first amended complaint against Defendant Sherman for unconstitutional conditions of confinement in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s filing of February 17, 2022. (ECF No. 29.) Plaintiff states that in Defendant’s answer, it was stated that other individuals “may be named during the course of discovery.” Plaintiff states that if the identities of these individuals have been discovered, he would like those names so he can call them as witnesses at trial. In addition, 25 …