(PC) Howard v. Kern County Lerdo Facility Medical Cheif

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BILLY HOWARD, Case No. 1:21-cv-00931-JLT-CDB (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO APPOINT COUNSEL

v.

KERN COUNTY LERDO FACILITY ORDER GRANTING EXTENSION OF MEDICAL CHIEF, et al., TIME 15 Defendants. (Doc. 22)

18 Plaintiff Billy Howard is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights 19 action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

I. RELEVANT PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

21 In its First Screening Order issued November 10, 2022, the Court found Plaintiff had 22 stated cognizable claims for a deliberate indifference to serious medical needs against the Kern 23 County Lerdo facility nursing staff defendants. (Doc. 16 at 6-7.) Additionally, the Court found 24 Plaintiff had not stated a cognizable claim against the chief medical director of the facility. (Id. at 25 7.) Plaintiff was afforded the opportunity to (1) file written notice that he did not wish to file a 26 first amended complaint and was willing to proceed only on his claims…