(PC) McCoy v. Sacramento County Jail

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JEROME ELI MCCOY, No. 2:22-cv-1770 AC P 12 Petitioner, 13 v. ORDER 14 SACRAMENTO COUNTY JAIL, 15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner has filed a second request for the appointment of counsel. ECF No. 8. In the 18 motion, petitioner also states that he would like to have this matter converted to a civil rights 19 action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. ECF No. 8 at 3. For the reasons stated below, the motion 20 will be denied, and petitioner will be directed for a second time to file a civil rights complaint 21 with the court. 22 I. MOTION TO APPOINT COUNSEL 23 Petitioner’s first request for the appointment of counsel, which was denied, was made less 24 than a month ago. See ECF Nos. 5 (motion), 6 (order denying motion). In support of the instant 25 motion, petitioner again states that he is indigent; that he is barely literate; and that he has a 26 learning disability. Compare ECF No. 5 at 1 with ECF No. 8 at 2. The instant motion provides 27 no…