Upshaw

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 John William UPSHAW, Case No.: 22-cv-00183-JO-BGS

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

v. APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL [ECF No. 5] Dr. John CHAU, 15 Defendant. 16 17 18 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff filed a letter in which he requested the appointment of counsel. (ECF No. 5.) For the reasons set forth below, the request is DENIED. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff’s Complaint asserted claims under the Eighth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment against Dr. Chau and Warden Pollard. (ECF No. 1.) Complaint alleged that he was injured when he fell off the upper bunk and severely injured his left hip. (Id. at 3.) The Triage Center allegedly told the Plaintiff that he was fine and made him walk back to his housing unit. (Id.) Plaintiff alleged that he complained every week from March 2020 until September 2020 of severe pain and discomfort and sought…