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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAVID ARKEEN EVANS, Case No. 1:22-cv-00291-DAD-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

v. (ECF No. 13) DIAZ, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff David Arkeen Evans (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff’s first amended complaint, filed July 7, 2022, is awaiting screening. (ECF No. 11.) Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel, filed August 1, 2022. (ECF No. 13.) Plaintiff argues that counsel should be appointed because this case is factually complex and require expert testimony, Plaintiff’s incarceration prevents him from conducting discovery or investigation of facts, Plaintiff is an indigent prisoner with no legal training, the case is legally complex, the pandemic limits his access to the law library, and his case is meritorious. Plaintiff further states that he is a patient diagnosed with severe…