Lopez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICHARD JOSEPH CRANE, Case No. 1:22-cv-00922-ADA-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

DENY PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO

v. REMAND1

G. LOPEZ,

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

Defendant.

(Doc. No. 9)

14-DAY DEADLINE 17 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand. (Doc. No. 9, “Motion”). Defendant G. Lopez filed an Opposition (Doc. No. 12) and Plaintiff filed a Reply (Doc. No. 15). Also contained within Plaintiff’s Motion is a request for appointment of counsel. (Doc. No. 9 at 2). For the reasons set forth below, the undersigned recommends the district court deny the motion to remand and denies the motion for appointment of counsel. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Richard Joseph Crane (“Plaintiff”) initiated this action by filing a pro se complaint in the Kings County Superior Court (“KCSC”). (Doc. No. 4). Plaintiff’s first amended complaint was…