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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 KYLE DAVID MILTON, Case No. 1:22-cv-00988-EPG (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF PRO BONO v. COUNSEL, WITHOUT PREJUDICE 14 B.M. TRATE, et al., (ECF No. 7)

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17 Kyle David Milton (“Plaintiff’) is incarcerated at Atwater U.S. Penitentiary and is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action. On September 14, 2022, Plaintiff filed a motion for appointment of pro bono counsel. (ECF No. 7). Plaintiff asks for appointment of counsel because he cannot afford counsel; because the issues involved in this case are complex; because he cannot adequately represent himself in this action; because he has limited access to legal materials; because he has no ability to investigate the facts of this case; because he has written letters to non-profit legal aid agencies, to no avail; because he has an extremely limited knowledge of the law; and because this is a meritorious case. …