Ramirez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 ALIVER RAMIREZ, Case No.: 20-cv-01109-MMA(BLM)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

v. MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF

COUNSEL

R. GUTIERREZ, et al.,

15 [EFC No. 52] Defendants. 17 18 On February 27, 2022, Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding and , submitted a Motion to Appoint Counsel that was received on March 1, 2022. ECF No. 52; see also ECF No. 6 (order granting motion to proceed in ). In support of his Motion, Plaintiff alleges that counsel should be appointed because: (1) he is indigent and cannot afford a lawyer; (2) he has limited education and no legal training; (3) his case is complex; (4) expert testimony will be required; (5) discovery will be required; (6) his imprisonment limits his ability to investigate and locate witnesses; (8) he is ill-suited to handle issues of conflicting testimony and credibility on his own; (9) he has demanded a jury trial; and (10) he is unable…