(PC)Springfield

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CIRON B. SPRINGFIELD, No. 2:19-cv-00965-KJM-CKD P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS A. VALENCIA, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this federal civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The case settled on January 29, 2020, but plaintiff has filed a Rule 60(b) motion seeking to reopen the case based on alleged fraud, misrepresentation, and misconduct related to the use of the settlement proceeds to pay plaintiff’s outstanding filing fees in this case as well as other civil cases. I. Factual and Procedural Background Plaintiff was granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis which allowed him to litigate the case without prepayment of the $350 filing fee pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). ECF No. 7. Pursuant to Section 1915(b), however, plaintiff was obligated to pay the full filing fee through an initial partial payment and…