Pruitt

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MALCOLM TANDY LAMON STROUD, Case No. 1:17-cv-01659-JLT-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTIONS FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

v. (ECF Nos. 38, 46) PRUITT, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Malcolm Tandy Lamon Stroud, aka Treasure Stroud, (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on Plaintiff’s first amended complaint against Defendant Pruitt for sexual abuse in violation of the Eighth Amendment and against Defendants Pruitt and Smith for discrimination in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Defendants Pruitt and Smith filed a motion for summary judgment for failure to exhaust administrative remedies, which is now fully briefed and pending before the Court. (ECF Nos. 29, 33, 37, 38.) On June 7, 2023, Plaintiff filed a renewed motion to appoint counsel, which the Court considers with Plaintiff’s motion…