Moreno

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MATTHEW H. BECKETT, Case No. 1:20-cv-01427-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING RENEWED MOTION TO

APPOINT COUNSEL

v. (ECF No. 59) MORENO, et al., Defendants. 16 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 20, 2024. (ECF No. 59.) As in his previous motion to appoint counsel, Plaintiff argues that because he is currently being held under California Penal Code 1026 for not possessing mental faculties equivalent to…