(PC) Driver v. Kern County Superior Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BILLY DRIVER, JR.,, No. 2: 20-cv-1665 JAM KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER KERN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court is plaintiff’s motion for return of his books and legal documents. (ECF No. 33.) The undersigned construes plaintiff’s motion as a motion for a protective order. See Wilson v. Nesbeth, 2011 WL 4043569, at *1 (E.D. Cal. Sept. 9, 2011) (magistrate judges are authorized to issue orders for non-dispositive orders or motions not involving injunctive relief). For the reasons stated herein, plaintiff’s motion for return of his books and legal documents is denied. In the pending motion, plaintiff requests that his legal property, law books, dictionary and California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) approved tablet be returned to him. On May 24,…