Fayed

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 JAMES MICHAEL FAYED, Case No. 21-cv-08206-JST

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING RENEWED

9 v. REQUEST FOR APPOINTMENT OF

COUNSEL

10 RON DAVIS, Re: ECF No. 41 Defendant. 11

12 13 Plaintiff, an inmate at San Quentin State Prison (“SQSP”) has filed a pro se action 14 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Now pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s fourth request for 15 appointment of counsel. ECF No. 41. The Court denied Plaintiff’s prior requests for appointment 16 of counsel for lack of exceptional circumstances. ECF Nos. 24, 40. 17 Plaintiff has filed a renewed request for appointment of counsel, arguing that counsel is 18 warned because his circumstances have changed significantly. ECF No. 41. Specifically, Plaintiff 19 reports that he has recently been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, which results in flare-ups 20 where he sometimes falls and hurts himself; requires him to take medications that have side 21 effects, including weakness, fatigue, decline in mental capacity;…