Penunuri

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICHARD PENUNURI, Case No. 19-cv-06112-WHO (PR)

Plaintiff, ORDER EXTENDING DISCOVERY

DEDLINE; ORDER DENYING

v. MOTION FOR THE

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL;

O. SMITH, et al., ORDER DISMSSING TWO

DEFENDANTS; ORDER SETTING

Defendants. BRIEFING SCHEDULE

Dkt. Nos. 15 and 19 This order addresses two pending motions, dismisses two unserved defendants, and sets a dispositive motion deadline. (i) Defendants’ motion to extend the discovery production deadline to June 21, 2020 is GRANTED. (Dkt. No. 19.) (ii) Plaintiff Penunuri’s moves for the appointment of counsel. (Dkt. No. 15.) The decision to request counsel to represent an indigent litigant under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 is within “the sound discretion of the trial court and is granted only in exceptional circumstances.” Franklin v. Murphy, 745 F.2d 1221, 1236 (9th Cir. 1984). A finding of …