Baker
(PC) Williams v. Baker
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SHANNON WILLIAMS, Case No. 1:16-cv-01540-ADA-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
SUBSTITUTE COUNSEL OR TO PROCEED
v. PRO SE1 CHRISTOPHER BAKER and UNITED (Doc. No. 141)
STATES,
15 Defendants. 16 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s “Motion for Substitute Counsel or to Proceed Pro Se.” (Doc. No. 141, “Motion”). Plaintiff’s Counsel did not file a response. For the reasons set forth below, the undersigned denies Plaintiff’s Motion. BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF MOTION Plaintiff initiated this action by filing a pro se prisoner civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Doc. No. 1). On October 28, 2019, Plaintiff filed a Motion for Appointment of Counsel, in part because the Court directed him to file a brief on the applicability to this case of Ziglar v. Abbasi, 137 S. Ct. 1843, 1854 (2017), and Plaintiff was unable to access certain relevant legal documents due to his detention in the…