Welch

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 LEONEL HERNANDEZ, Case No.: 1:23-cv-01563-JLT-SKO 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

13 v. (Doc. 14) 14 J. WELCH, 15 Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff Leonel Hernandez is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights 18 action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment threat 19 to safety claim against Defendant Welch. 20 I. INTRODUCTION 21 Plaintiff’s letter to the Court dated April 9, 2024, is construed to be a motion for the 22 appointment of counsel. (Doc. 14.) Plaintiff states the “purpose for [his] letter is to express a 23 concern” about “moving forward” in this action, and he is “not very good at the inner workings of 24 how the law works nor how to properly file a motion.” (Id.) He requests that counsel be appointed 25 to assist him in pursuing his claim. (Id.) Plaintiff states he had written two law firms in hopes of 26 receiving assistance, “but neither have responded back to [his]…