Diaz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 JOHN E. MITCHELL, Case No. 1:22-cv-00006-JLT-EPG (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE v. RESOLUTION AND/OR FOR APPOINTMENT OF PRO BONO COUNSEL

R. DIAZ, et al.,

(ECF No. 18)

Defendants.

17 John Mitchell (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action. On March 21, 2022, Plaintiff filed a motion for alternative dispute resolution and/or for appointment of pro bono counsel to represent him during the alternative dispute resolution process (with the option of retaining counsel to represent him in the case if no resolution is reached). (ECF No. 18). Plaintiff asks that this case be referred to alternative dispute resolution, and/or for appointment of pro bono counsel, because his mental state is fragile; because he suffered retaliation while he litigated his civil rights claims and after he litigated his civil rights claims; and because Plaintiff’s civil…