Jackson v. Covello et.al.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICARDO JACKSON, Case No.: 3:19-cv-02444-JAH-JLB
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
v. MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF
COUNSEL
P. COVELLO, et al.
Defendants.
16 ECF No. 60-1 17 Presently before the Court is Plaintiff Ricardo Jackson’s (“Plaintiff”) motion requesting the appointment of counsel to assist him in prosecuting this civil action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Mot., ECF No. 60-1). Plaintiff makes various arguments in support of his request. First, Plaintiff states he should be appointed counsel because the complexity of the issues would require significant research and investigation, and he has “limited access to the law library and limited knowledge of the law in comparison to the ‘Attorney General’s Office’ … ” (Id. at 1). Second, Plaintiff asserts that the cases and various rules and authorities cited in Defendants’ motion to dismiss “is a whole lot to research.” …