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1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 MATTHEW H. BECKETT, Case No. 1:20-cv-01427-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO APPOINT

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v. (ECF No. 56) MORENO, et al., Defendants. 10 Plaintiff Matthew H. Beckett (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on Plaintiff’s first amended complaint against Defendants Sedillo and Moreno for excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment for the incident on October 21, 2018, for force used after the time Plaintiff lost consciousness. All parties have consented to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction. (ECF No. 45.) Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s renewed motion to appoint counsel, filed February 14, 2024. (ECF No. 56.) Plaintiff requests that the Court certify him as “competent to move forward with litigation of these matters.” (Id. at 2.) Plaintiff states that the Court has failed to clearly state Plaintiff’s competency or…