Stevens

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ARBI KAMALI, 1:19-cv-01432-JLT-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO PERMIT A NON-PARTY INMATE TO

vs. APPEAR AND ASSIST PLAINTIFF AT

PLAINTIFF’S DEPOSITION

STEVENS, et al., (ECF No. 32.)

Defendants.

19 I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Arbi Kamali (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case now proceeds with Plaintiff’s claims for retaliation and excessive force against defendants correctional officers Rose Stevens, Ivan Villegas, Jordan Bryan, and Alen Hernandez (“Defendants”). (ECF No. 16.) On January 20, 2022, Plaintiff filed a motion for the court to allow Plaintiff’s fellow inmate Charles A. Rogers to assist him at Plaintiff’s his deposition. (ECF No. 32.) On February 10, 2022, Defendants filed an opposition to the motion, (ECF No. 42), and on February 28, 2022, 28 …