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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MATTHEW H. BECKETT, Case No. 1:20-cv-01427-BAM (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING RENEWED MOTION TO

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13 v. (ECF No. 59) 14 MORENO, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff Matthew H. Beckett (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in 18 forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on 19 Plaintiff’s first amended complaint against Defendants Sedillo and Moreno for excessive force in 20 violation of the Eighth Amendment for the incident on October 21, 2018, for force used after the 21 time Plaintiff lost consciousness. All parties have consented to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction. 22 (ECF No. 45.) 23 Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s renewed motion to appoint counsel, filed February 24 20, 2024. (ECF No. 59.) As in his previous motion to appoint counsel, Plaintiff argues that 25 because he is currently being held under California Penal Code 1026 for not possessing mental 26 faculties equivalent to…