Norris

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 LAMAR JORDAN, Case No. 1:20-cv-00467-EPG (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF PRO BONO v. COUNSEL, WITHOUT PREJUDICE

E. ANUNCIACION, et al., (ECF No. 77)

Defendants.

17 Lamar Jordan (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action. On February 9, 2023, Plaintiff filed a motion for appointment of pro bono counsel. (ECF No. 77). Plaintiff asks for appointment of counsel because his case has merit; because this case is at the “pretrial” stage; because Plaintiff cannot afford counsel and has been unsuccessful in obtaining pro bono counsel; because Plaintiff does not have the expertise or “know-how” to adequately prepare the case; because the issues involved in this case are complex; because a lawyer could help Plaintiff contact and produce witnesses, including inmate witnesses and the two specialists that treated Plaintiff and ultimately helped to resolve…