(PC) Bouie v. Smith

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Dirk Jaong Bouie, Jr., No. 2:18-cv-02040-KJM-AC Plaintiff, ORDER v. Oscar Smith, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 The case was assigned to a United States Magistrate Judge for all pretrial purposes under 18 this District’s Local Rules. See E.D. Cal. L-.R. 302(c). The discovery stage of the case has now begun. See Discovery & Scheduling Order, ECF No. 68. Plaintiff Dirk Jaong Bouie, Jr. asked 20 the Magistrate Judge to appoint an attorney to represent him. See generally Mot., ECF No. 70. He made several arguments: he cannot afford an attorney, and his attempts to find an attorney to represent him pro bono have failed; his incarceration makes it difficult to research and investigate 23 the complex legal rules for claims about prison official’s obligations to inmates; it will be very 24 challenging for him to obtain evidence by subpoena, deposition, expert opinions about his injuries and…