Saddozai

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SHIKEB SADDOZAI, Case No. 18-cv-03972 BLF (PR)

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

Plaintiff, APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL OR

GUARDIAN AD LITEM; DENYING

v. MOTION FOR RECUSAL

A. ARQUEZA,

15 Defendant. (Docket Nos. 56, 62)

17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, filed the instant pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter was reopened on remand, and deceased Defendant A. Arqueza has been substituted by his successor, Ms. Terry Arqueza, in this action. Dkt. Nos. 50, 52. Defendant’s summary judgment is currently due by November 15, 2022. Dkt. No. 63. Plaintiff has filed a motion for appointment of counsel, Dkt. No. 56, and a motion to disqualify (or recuse) the Undersigned, Dkt. No. 62. The Court addresses these motions below. 25 DISCUSSION A. Motion for Appointment of Counsel or Guardian Ad Litem No. 56 et seq. Among his many assertions, Plaintiff claims that he cannot afford…