Castro

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMS, III Case No. 1:20-cv-01617-SAB (PC)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S SECOND

v. MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF

COUNSEL

CASTRO, et al., (ECF No. 54) Defendants.

16 Plaintiff Robert Curtis Williams, III is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case is set for jury trial on February 21, 2023. Plaintiff’s motion for witnesses was due on or before December 28, 2022, and his pretrial statement was due on or before December 30, 2022. (ECF Nos. 49, 51.) Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s second motion for appointment of counsel, filed December 22, 2022. Plaintiff seeks counsel because prison officials have denied him access to his legal property. (ECF No. 54.) On January 3, 2023, the Court directed Defendants to file a response to Plaintiff’s contention that he did not have access to his legal property. (ECF No. 56.) Defendants filed a response on January…