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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICARDO MARTINEZ, Case No. 1:21-cv-01602-JLT-CDB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

SECOND MOTION TO APPOINT

v. COUNSEL

D. LAWHORN, et al., (Doc. 43)

Defendants.

16 Plaintiff Ricardo Martinez is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. I. RELEVANT PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND On May 30, 2023, Plaintiff filed Motion for Appointment of Counsel. (Doc. 29.) On May 31, 2023, the Court issued its Order Denying Plaintiff’s Motion to Appoint Counsel. (Doc. 34.) On November 16, 2023, Plaintiff filed a second motion seeking the appointment of counsel. (Doc. 43.) In his motion, Plaintiff states he is unable to afford counsel, has limited knowledge of the law “with a TABE score 02.0,”1 that the issues involved in this action are 26 1 TABE stands for “Test of Adult Basic Education,” which measures an inmate’s ability to understand…