Grannis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LOUIS BRANCH, Case No. 1:08-cv-01655-SAB (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

v. (ECF No. 394) D. UMPHENOUR, Defendant.

10 Louis Branch (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case is currently set for jury trial on May 23, 2023. (ECF No. 386.) The parties pretrial statements were due on or before March 14, 2023, and the pretrial conference is scheduled for April 7, 2023, at 9:30 a.m. (Id.) Although Defendant filed a motion to modify the scheduling order on March 17, 2023 (ECF No. 387), neither party filed their pretrial statement. Therefore, on March 20, 2023, the Court ordered the parties to show cause within five days as to why sanctions should not be imposed. (ECF No. 389.) Defendant filed a response to the order to show cause, as well as the pretrial statement on March 24, 2023. (ECF Nos. 390, 391.) Plaintiff filed a…