Sanchez-Rivera
Sanchez-Rivera v. United States
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JUAN SANCHEZ-RIVERA, Case No.: 22-cv-1254-BAS-BGS
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
v. APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, [ECF 5] 15 Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff’s Complaint alleges he is a detainee in the custody of Immigration Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) at the Imperial Regional Detention Facility (“IRDF”). (Compl. [ECF 1] ¶¶ 1, 10.) He asserts a claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act against the United States. (Compl. ¶ 5.) Plaintiff has filed a Motion for Appointment of Counsel. (ECF 5.) I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff’s Complaint alleges that following a hunger strike in protest of conditions related to COVID-19, the IRDF was placed into an emergency lockdown. (Compl. ¶ 32.) Plaintiff was physically removed from his cell, placed in restraints, and then put into “solitary confinement . . . under fabricated charges of threats against staff and inciting 27 28 others to riot.” (Compl. ¶ 33; see also …