Landeros

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DERRICK BUTLER, Case No. 22cv1602-JO (LR)

CDCR #AV-6839,

ORDER (1) GRANTING MOTION

Plaintiff, TO PROCEED IN FORMA vs. PAUPERIS [ECF No. 2]; 14 (2) DENYING MOTION TO

APPOINT COUNSEL [ECF No. 5];

P. LANDEROS, et al.,

and (3) DISMISSING COMPLAINT Defendants. PURUSANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) and § 1915A(b)(1) 18 Plaintiff Derrick Butler is a state prisoner incarcerated at Centinela State Prison in Imperial, California (“Centinela”). Proceeding pro se, he has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See Compl., ECF No. 1. Plaintiff has also filed a Motion for Leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) and a Motion to Appoint Counsel. ECF Nos. 2, 5. For the reasons stated below, the Court grants Plaintiff’s motion to proceed IFP, denies his motion to appoint counsel, and…