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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-01468-JLT-CDB (PC)

12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTIONS TO APPOINT COUNSEL AND

13 v.

FOR COMPETENCY DETERMINATION

14 SCALIA, et al., (Docs. 42 & 43) 15 Defendants. 16

17 18 Plaintiff Matthew H. Beckett is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis 19 in this civil rights action filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on Plaintiff’s Eighth 20 Amendment excessive force claims against Defendants Scalia, Madrigal and Hernandez and 21 failure to protect/failure to intervene claims against Defendant Hackworth, and Eighth 22 Amendment deliberate indifference to serious medical needs claims against Defendants Scalia, 23 Madrigal, Hernandez, Hackworth, and Hurtado. 24 I. INTRODUCTION 25 Plaintiff filed two motions on February 14, 2024. (Docs. 42 & 43.) More specifically, in a 26 document titled “Motion – New Circumstances, 3rd request for appointment of Counsel In either 27 full or Partial Capacities…