Mascrenas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 RICHARD MASCRENAS, Case No.: 3:19-cv-02014-WQH-BLM

CDCR #AF-5463,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION

Plaintiff, TO APPOINT PRO BONO vs. COUNSEL PURSUANT 13 TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1)

M. WAGNER, Correctional Officer,

AND S.D. Cal. Gen. Order 596 Defendant. 15 [ECF No. 78] 16 Plaintiff Richard Mascrenas, a prisoner currently incarcerated at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”) in San Diego, California, is proceeding pro se and has been granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis in this civil action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (See ECF No. 5.) BACKGROUND Currently pending before the Court is Mascrenas’s Complaint (“Compl.”) which alleges Defendant Wagner used excessive force against him on September 24, 2018 during a medical transport to a San Diego area hospital. (See Compl., ECF No. at 3‒6.) Defendant Wagner has filed an Answer, discovery commenced,…