Kernan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RAFAEL GODINEZ, Case No. 2:18-cv-02921-TLN-JDP (HC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST

FOR COUNSEL

v.

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

SCOTT KERNAN, et al., THAT PETITIONER’S MOTION FOR

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION BE DENIED

Defendants. ECF No. 75 16 Plaintiff has filed a motion for relief and to appoint counsel, ECF No. 75, arguing that his health and circumstances of incarceration require appointment of counsel. In the alternative, he requests that, pending his transfer to the San Diego County Jail, an injunction be granted ordering that he be (1) housed in the jail’s “central” facility and (2) given unimpeded access to the law library there. Id. at 2. As for appointment of counsel, plaintiff has thus far shown an ability to effectively litigate his claims. And while I am not unsympathetic to plaintiff’s health issues, many prisoners in similar situations have been denied appointment of counsel. As a practical…