Seibel

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 ROBERT A. SALDANA, Case No. 1:23-cv-01002-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

v. (ECF No. 2) SEIBEL, et al., Defendants. 14 Plaintiff Robert A. Saldana (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff’s complaint has not yet been screened. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel, filed July 5, 2023. (ECF No. 2.) Plaintiff requests appointment of counsel because he is unable to afford counsel, the issues involved in this case are complex, and Plaintiff has limited access to the law library and limited ability to investigate facts because he is in Restrictive Custody General Population. Plaintiff’s family has attempted to contact attorneys to represent him but has not heard from any of them. (Id.) Plaintiff is informed that he does not have a constitutional right to appointed…