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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FLOYD SCOTT, Case No.: 1:09-cv-01329-SKO Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR RELEASE FROM FILING FEE

v. (Doc. 289) J. PALMER, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Floyd Scott is appearing pro se in this now closed civil rights action. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff filed his original complaint on July 29, 2009. (Doc. 1.) Following screening and service, Defendants filed an answer to the operative complaint on June 27, 2011. (Doc. 34.) On February 7, 2012, the undersigned issued Findings and Recommendations to grant in part and deny in part Defendants’ motion for summary judgment. (Doc. 69.) Then assigned District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill issued his Order Adopting Findings and Recommendations in Full on March 19, 2012. (Doc. 71.) Following unsuccessful settlement proceedings, the Court issued an amended scheduling order on April 24, 2012. (Doc. 80.) The matter was set for trial before the undersigned on October 27 6,…