(PC) Rilurcasa v. State of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TOM JON RILURCASA, No. 1:20-cv-01568-JLT-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS

FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL AND

v. INTERPRETER STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., (ECF Nos. 57, 58) Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Tom Jon Rilurcasa is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case is currently set for a settlement conference on September 28, 2023, before Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe. Currently before the Court are Plaintiff’s motions for appointment of counsel, filed July 19, 2023 and July 28, 2023. (ECF Nos. 57, 58.) Plaintiff submits that he is deaf and is in need of a sign language interpreter to participate in the scheduled settlement conference. Plaintiff further claims that an interpreter provided by CDCR will be favorable for the defense. Plaintiff does not have a constitutional right to appointed counsel in this action,…