CDCR
(PC) Ripple v. CDCR
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LORRAINE RIPPLE, Case No. 1:22-cv-01102-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION
TO APPOINT COUNSEL AND REQUEST
v. FOR PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR OR
EXPERT WITNESS
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND (Doc. No. 6) REHABILITATION, ET. AL., Defendant. 17 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion “for appointment of counsel, and request funding for private investigator and expert witnesses” filed on October 18, 2022. (Doc. No. 6). Plaintiff Lorraine Ripple, who is confined within the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) at the Central California Women’s Facility, initiated this action as a prisoner proceeding pro se by filing a prisoner civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on August 31, 2022. (Doc. No. 1). The Court granted Plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis. (Doc. No. 5). The Court has not yet completed a 28 U.S.C. § 1915A…