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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 EDWARD TORRES, Case No. 1:22-cv-01536-EPG (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION 13 FOR APPOINTMENT OF PRO BONO v. COUNSEL, WITHOUT PREJUDICE 14 JAYSON QUICK, et al., (ECF No. 3)

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17 18 Edward Torres (“Plaintiff”) is a prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed 19 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, which includes state law claims. 20 On November 30, 2022, Plaintiff filed a motion for appointment of pro bono counsel. 21 (ECF No. 3). Plaintiff asks for appointment of counsel because he cannot afford counsel; because 22 his imprisonment will greatly limit his ability to litigate; because he has limited formal education 23 and no knowledge of the law; because the issues involved in this case are complex and will 24 require obtaining documents and video footage from Defendants, as well as significant research 25 and investigation; because his institution of confinement has an inadequate legal research 26 program; because a trial in this…