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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALEXANDRA FERREIRA DA SILVA, No. 2:21-cv-01208 DJC CKD (PS) Plaintiff, v. ORDER APPOINTING HEIDI C. MORGAN, LIMITED PURPOSE COUNSEL

Defendant.

16 Plaintiff currently proceeds pro se under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff’s request filed on January 17, 2024, is before the court. (ECF No. 75.) In the operative first amended complaint filed on October 1, 2021, plaintiff alleges the defendant, Officer Morgan, an officer at the Yuba County jail, used unconstitutionally excessive force on March 17, 2020, in violation of plaintiff’s rights under the Fourteenth Amendment while she was civilly detained at the jail. (See ECF No. 12.) On January 17, 2024, plaintiff filed a document titled “Request for mediation and access to [evidence].” (ECF No. 75.) In the request, plaintiff sets forth her unsuccessful efforts to obtain evidence for the prosecution of this case, including evidence relevant to the incident with Officer 26 …