Belluomini

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 DAMIEN MARSHJON MCDOUGLAND, No. 2:22-cv-2242 SCR P Plaintiff, v. ORDER J. BELLUOMINI, et al., Defendants. 15 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action. Before the court are defendants’ motion to opt out of the court’s early Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR”) program and plaintiff’s request for the appointment of counsel. For the reasons set forth below, this court will grant defendants’ motion and deny plaintiff’s motion. By separate order, this court will set a schedule for this case. MOTION TO OPT OUT In an order filed March 19, 2024, the court stayed this case and referred it to the early ADR program. (ECF No. 39.) The program was set up to provide the parties an opportunity to resolve cases more expeditiously and less expensively. The order provided that defendants could seek to opt out of the program by filing a motion to do so. Defendants have filed a…