Ali

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CARL FOUST, No. 2:19-CV-2579-JAM-DMC-P Plaintiff, v. ORDER ALI, et al. Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the Court are Plaintiff’s requests/motions, ECF Nos. 102, 108, 115, for appointment of counsel and/or an investigator, for initiation of criminal charges and for a video conference. For the reasons discussed in the Court’s January 31, 2022, order, ECF No. 111, Plaintiff’s request for a video conference is denied. In ECF No. 108, Plaintiff requests initiation of criminal charges. This request is denied because it is not within the province of the Court to do so. Initiation of criminal charges is a decision reserved to a prosecutor. In ECF Nos. 102, 108, and 115, Plaintiff seeks the appointment of counsel and/or an investigator. The United States Supreme Court has ruled that district courts…