Ortega

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CARLOS A. ORTEGA, Case No. 19-cv-00319-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

v. Re: Dkt. No. 53 A. FLORES, et al., Defendants.

12 Plaintiff, an insanity acquittee at Napa State Hospital and proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that, on or about December 12, 2012, Santa Clara County Jail officers used excessive force on him in violation of the Eighth Amendment. See Dkt. Nos. 1, 7. The Court has ordered briefing on the limited issue of whether Plaintiff’s action is time- barred. Dkt. No. 47. Plaintiff requests that the Court appoint him counsel for the following reasons: “compl[i]cations with mental health issues;” the possibility that medical professionals will be called as expert witnesses by either party to address Plaintiff’s mental health issues; Plaintiff has to complete 18 hours of treatment, training, or stress relief activities a week in order to be…