Reed

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 MYCHAL ANDRA REED, Case No.: 18cv361-JLS-LL

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

v. MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF

COUNSEL

DANIEL PARAMO, et al.,

Defendants. [ECF No. 138] 14 15 16 Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel. ECF No. 138. This is Plaintiff’s third request for appointment of counsel. See ECF Nos. 54, 57, 58, 87, 94, 97, 103. Plaintiff claims that he needs the assistance of counsel because his “situation is dire and has become very complicated due to prison officials [sic] extensive ‘retaliation’ toward him on behalf of defendants” and that he “needs to amend his complaint to add additional crucial defendants to adequately litigate his civil rights violation lawsuit.” ECF No. 138 at 1–2. Plaintiff also claims that he lacks legal knowledge and experience and is an indigent inmate in the custody of Defendants. Id. at 3. There is no…