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1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 6 KENNETH LEUELU, Case No. 1:24-cv-00031-BAM (PC) 7 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO APPOINT

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8 v. (ECF No. 13) 9 PAUL, et al., 10 Defendants. 11 12 Plaintiff Kenneth Leuelu (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 13 pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The complaint was screened on 14 April 26, 2024. (ECF No. 11.) 15 Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to appoint counsel, filed May 13, 2024. 16 (ECF No. 13.) Plaintiff requests appointment of counsel because he does not have money to pay 17 for a lawyer. Plaintiff states that he does not know about law and has trouble understanding the 18 language and needs help. Plaintiff has contacted law firms asking for counsel and was denied. 19 Plaintiff also states that he has medical transcripts to support his claim and requests direction 20 about whether to send them now or wait. (Id.) 21 With respect to Plaintiff’s medical transcripts, Plaintiff is informed…