Scalia

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MATTHEW H. BECKETT, Case No. 1:20-cv-01468-JLT-CDB (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTIONS TO APPOINT COUNSEL AND

v.

FOR COMPETENCY DETERMINATION

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

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