Mascrenas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 Case No.: 19cv2014-WQH(BLM) RICHARD MASCRENAS,

Plaintiff ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION

v. [ECF No. 32] OFFICER WAGNER, Defendant. 14 On August 12, 2020, Plaintiff submitted a motion for reconsideration that was received by the Court on August 17, 2020 and accepted on discrepancy on August 20, 2020. EFC Nos. 31 & 32. Plaintiff seeks reconsideration of the Court's August 3, 2020 Order denying Plaintiff's request for the appointment of counsel [see ECF No. 30]. ECF No. 32 at 1. BACKGROUND On March 30, 2020, Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding and , submitted a Motion to Appoint Counsel that was received on April 2, 2020. ECF Nos. 11 and 12; see also ECF No. 5 (order granting motion to proceed ). In support of his Motion, Plaintiff alleged that (1) he could not afford a lawyer, (2) his imprisonment limited his ability to litigate his case, (3) he is a “lay person…