Garcia

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JERRY DILLINGHAM, No. 1:18-cv-00579-DAD-EPG (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO APPOINT COUNSEL AND MOTION TO

F. GARCIA, APPOINT A GUARDIAN AD LITEM Defendant. (Doc. No. 174)

17 This matter is before the court on the motion to appoint counsel and motion to appoint a guardian ad litem filed by plaintiff Jerry Dillingham on February 28, 2022. (Doc. No. 174.) Therein, plaintiff argues that the court should appoint counsel to provide him with representation in this civil action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 because he is illiterate and suffers from a learning disability. (Id. at 2.) BACKGROUND As an initial matter, the court finds it pertinent to summarize the efforts that the court has previously taken to provide plaintiff with assistance in this case. First, on June 24, 2019, the court appointed counsel on behalf of plaintiff for…