Thomas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 SHAWN MARSHALL TOMPKINS, Case No. 1:22-cv-01415-EPG (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF PRO BONO v. COUNSEL TO REPRESENT PLAINTIFF AT SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

S. THOMAS, et al.,

(ECF No. 19)

Defendants.

17 Shawn Thompkins (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action. On January 27, 2023, Plaintiff filed a motion for appointment of pro bono counsel to represent him at a settlement conference. (ECF No. 19). Plaintiff asks for appointment of counsel because he is disabled and given Americans with Disabilities Act accommodations; because he is unable to read of his own accord; and because he is a patient admitted in a mental health facility at the PIP level of care. Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir. 1997), withdrawn in part on other…