Knight

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ELADIO RODRIGUEZ, No. 2:19-cv-2552 DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER G. KNIGHT, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state inmate proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims that defendants used excessive force against him, failed to protect him, and conspired to violate his rights during the disciplinary hearing process. Presently before the court is plaintiff’s motion to appoint counsel. (ECF No. 59.) In support of his motion to appoint counsel plaintiff argues that the court should appoint counsel because defendants argued against production of video evidence based on plaintiff’s status as an inmate proceeding without counsel. (ECF No. 50 at 3.) Defendants filed an opposition and motion to strike. (ECF No. 60.) Defendants state the motion is unsigned and therefore invalid under 28 U.S.C. § 1746 and Local Rule 131(c). (Id. at 1.) …