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

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