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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FRANISCO MERINO, No. 2:21-cv-00572-DAD-KJN (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST

FOR RECONSIDERATION OF THE

GOMEZ, et al., MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S JANUARY 18, 2023 ORDER Defendants. (Doc. No. 143) 16 Plaintiff Francisco Merino is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On January 18, 2023, the assigned magistrate judge issued an order denying plaintiff’s motions for appointment of counsel (Doc. Nos. 134, 136). (Doc. No. 141.) Therein, the magistrate judge found “that plaintiff failed to meet his burden of demonstrating exceptional circumstances warranting the appointment of counsel at this time.” (Id. at 2.) On January 27, 2023, plaintiff filed a one-page, untitled document in which it…