Sherman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ADAM SHARPE, Case No. 1:19-cv-00711-ADA-EPG (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR APPOINTMENT OF PRO BONO

v. COUNSEL WITHOUT PREJUDICE

C. CRYER, et al., (ECF No. 136)

Defendants.

16 Plaintiff Adam Sharpe is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On April 12, 2023, Plaintiff filed a motion for appointment of pro bono counsel. (ECF No. 136). Generally, Plaintiff asks for appointment of counsel because he suffers from an eye disease that limits his ability to litigate, the Court has appointed limited purpose counsel for him the past, his incarceration limits his ability to litigate, the issues in this case are complex, and he has some likelihood of success on the merits. (Id.) Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action, Rand v. Rowland, 113 F.3d 1520, 1525 (9th Cir.…