Calderon

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JAVIER CALDERON, Case No. 19-cv-07949-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

v. Re: Dkt. No. 24 C. KOENIG, et al., Defendants.

12 Plaintiff, an inmate at Correctional Training Facility (“CTF”), has filed a pro se action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that defendants were deliberately indifferent to his safety. Now pending before the Court is plaintiff’s request for appointment of counsel. Dkt. No. 24. Plaintiff argues that appointment of counsel is needed because he is unable to afford counsel; he has limited access to the law library and the other materials necessary for proper legal research; he is a laymen at the law with little experience with legal research, reasoning, and writing; plaintiff has no knowledge regarding the relevant procedural and court rules; plaintiff does not know how to proceed next in this litigation; plaintiff has limited formal education and does not understand or…