Ogboehi

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ARMANDO HERNANDEZ, Case No. 1:20-cv-01019-ADA-SAB (PC)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

v. FOR APPOINTMENT OF EXPERT

WITNESS

OGBOEHI, et al., (ECF No. 55) Defendants.

17 Plaintiff Armando Hernandez is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of an expert witness, filed January 3, 2023. Federal Rule of Evidence 706 provides that “the court may order the parties to show cause why expert witnesses should not be appointed and may ask the parties to submit nominations. The Court may appoint any expert that the parties agree on and any of its own choosing.” Fed. R. Evid. 706(a). However, court-appointed experts typically are used in complex litigation where the record is not clearly developed by the parties, and generally serve the purpose of aiding the court in understanding the subject matter at…