(PC) Campbell v. Smith

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 1] Senarble Campbell, No. 2:21-cev-01172-KJM-CKD Plaintiff, ORDER v. Rainelle Smith, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Senarble Campbell previously requested appointment of counsel, Mot., ECF No. 31, which this court denied, finding his ongoing recovery from COVID-19 not “exceptional,” Prior Order at 3, ECF No. 62; see also Franklin vy. Murphy, 745 F.2d 1221, 1236 (9th Cir. 1984) 20 (explaining attorneys are appointed only in exceptional circumstances). Plaintiff asks the court to reconsider its decision. Request for Reconsideration, ECF No. 67. He claims an ongoing discovery dispute with defendants, in which defendants argue his discovery requests were 23 untimely, shows he requires counsel in this case. /d. at 2. While a court may relieve a party from an order under Rule 60 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for “mistake, inadvertence, fraud, or excusable…