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Parties Involved:
Kaiser Permanente
Defendant
Michael David Storman
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MICHAEL DAVID STORMAN, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

KAISER PERMANENTE, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:16-cv-1161-TLN-EFB PS 

ORDER 

 On June 20, 2016, plaintiff filed a letter in which he requests that he be appointed 

counsel.1 ECF No. 8. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1) authorizes the appointment of counsel to represent 

an indigent civil litigant in certain exceptional circumstances. See Terrell v. Brewer, 935 F.2d 

1015, 1017 (9th Cir.1991); Wood v. Housewright, 900 F.2d 1332, 1335–36 (9th Cir.1990); 

Richards v. Harper, 864 F.2d 85, 87 (9th Cir. 1988). In considering whether exceptional 

circumstances exist, the court must evaluate (1) the plaintiff’s likelihood of success on the merits; 

and (2) the ability of the plaintiff to articulate his claims pro se in light of the complexity of the 

legal issues involved. Terrell, 935 F.2d at 1017. 

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 This case, in which plaintiff is proceeding in propria persona, was referred to the 

undersigned under Local Rule 302(c)(21). See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). 

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 The court cannot conclude that plaintiff’s likelihood of success, the complexity of the 

issues, or the degree of plaintiff’s ability to articulate his claims amount to exceptional 

circumstances justifying the appointment of counsel at this time. 

Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel 

(ECF No. 8) is denied without prejudice. 

DATED: August 8, 2016. 

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