Villasenor

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JASON SCOTT HOUNIHAN, No. 1:23-cv-00163-EPG (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

OBJECTING TO DEPOSITIONS AND

v. REQUEST FOR APPOINTMENT OF

COUNSEL

JOSE C. VILLASENOR, (ECF No. 58) Defendant. 16 Plaintiff Jason Scott Hounihan is a prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case proceeds on Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment sexual assault claim against Defendant Villasenor based on Plaintiff’s allegations that Defendant instructed medical personnel to inspect Plaintiff’s rectum for contraband even 20 though an x-ray revealed no contraband. (ECF No. 5). 21 Now before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion related to notices he received from Defendant 22 for depositions of Plaintiff and two of Plaintiff’s witnesses. (ECF No. 58). Plaintiff states that 23 Defendant “should not be one doing the depositions but his defense counsel.” (ECF No. 58 at 3). 24 Plaintiff also…