Dawes

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM DAWES, Case No.: 19-CV-2122-MMA-WVG

Plaintiff,

ORDER ON MOTION TO APPOINT

v. COUNSEL THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 18 Before the Court is William Dawes’ (“Plaintiff”) Motion to Appoint Counsel (“Motion”). (Doc. No. 65.) Plaintiff seeks appointment of counsel, explaining Defendants have denied him access to the law library and legal assistance in the course of this litigation. Plaintiff adds that prisoners, like himself, have an interest in being free from “the unwanted administration of antipsychotic drugs” and that “involuntary commitment to a mental hospital is not within the terms of confinement in which a prison sentence subjects an individual.” (Id. at 1 [citing Vitek v. Jones, 445 U.S. 480, 491-494 (1980)].) Having reviewed and considered Plaintiff’s submission, the Court DENIES Plaintiff’s Motion 27 without prejudice. As a foundational matter, “there is…