Aguirre
(PC) Thomas v. Aguirre
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 EDWARD THOMAS, Case No.: 1:24-cv-00281-KES-SKO 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION
TO APPOINT COUNSEL
13 v. (Doc. 5) 14 J. AGUIRRE, et al.,
15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff Edward Thomas is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 18 U.S.C. § 1983. 19 I. BACKGROUND 20 Defendants Aguirre, Leyva, and Pfeiffer removed this action to this Court from the Kern 21 County Superior Court on March 7, 2024. (Doc. 1.) That same date, Defendants filed a motion 22 asking the Court to screen Plaintiff’s complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. (Doc. 3.)1 23 On March 29, 2024, Plaintiff filed a Motion for Appointment of Counsel for Federal Civil 24 Rights Proceeding. (Doc. 5.) Plaintiff contends he is indigent and incarcerated, his interests would 25 be protected and due process afforded “by the professional assistance” of counsel due to the 26 complexity of issues, he has a “colorable claim for relief,” he is a “layman of the law,” and 27