(PC)Marsala

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSEPH AUGUST MARSALA, Case No. 1:22-cv-00843-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

v. (ECF No. 3) DIAZ, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Joseph August Marsala (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel, filed July 11, 2022. (ECF No. 3.) Plaintiff requests appointment of counsel because he cannot afford counsel, he works during available library hours at his institution, he can only keep track of the rancid dinner trays given to himself, he has been unable to find help after writing to other lawyers, he cannot cross examine or collect evidence, he has been harassed, ridiculed, and retaliated against when interacting with staff, and without a lawyer his rations will continue to be rancid. (Id.) Plaintiff is informed that he does not have a…