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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM J. GRADFORD, No. 1:18-cv-01364-DAD-GSA (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

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DEPUTY GUILTRON, (Doc. No. 42) Defendant.

16 Plaintiff William J. Gradford is a former state prisoner appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On January 12, 2021, the undersigned adopted the assigned magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations (Doc. No. 38) and granted defendant’s motion to dismiss this action (Doc. No. 35) on the grounds that plaintiff had already settled this action and signed a release of all claims, which constituted a valid, clear, and unambiguous waiver of plaintiff’s legal claims against defendant. (Doc. No. 40.) On January 21, 2021, plaintiff filed a motion to vacate the dismissal of this action and to…