Warden

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSHUA SPENCER HILL, No. 2:20-cv-1033 KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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WARDEN, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding pro se. Plaintiff seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and has requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Plaintiff seeks payment of unpaid wages earned by his service at fire camp. Plaintiff names only the warden as a defendant, but claims the CDCR owes him the pay. There is no constitutional right to a job in prison. See Hoptowit v. Ray, 682 F.2d 1237, 1254-55 (9th Cir. 1982), overruled on other grounds by Sandin v. Connor, 515 U.S. 472 (1995). Further, there is no indication that the State of California has created a protected liberty interest in a prison job. The California Constitution states that its provisions on…