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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 LUIS MANUEL GARCES, Case No. 1:21-cv-00392-JLT-EPG (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR APPOINTMENT OF PRO BONO

v. COUNSEL, WITHOUT PREJUDICE

D. HERNANDEZ, et al., (ECF No. 67).

14 Defendants.

16 Luis Manuel Garces (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On September 9, 2022, Plaintiff filed a motion for appointment of pro bono counsel. (ECF No. 67). Plaintiff asks for appointment of counsel because he is unable to afford counsel; because the issues involved in this case are complex and involve many defendants; because he does not receive his legal mail in a timely fashion, and he cannot easily access the law library; because his previous attempts to acquire pro bono counsel on his own were unfruitful; and because Plaintiff has limited knowledge of the law and is illiterate in English. Plaintiff does not…