Zaragoza

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LANCE WILLIAMS, No. 2:21-cv-0153 TLN AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER L. ZARAGOZA, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a former prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed this civil rights action seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. ECF Nos. 1 (original complaint), 6 (first amended complaint (“FAC”)). Plaintiff has also filed applications to proceed in forma pauperis as well as a request to participate in the court’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Program (“ADR Program”). ECF Nos. 13, 15, 16. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. For the reasons stated below, plaintiff’s earlier-filed in forma pauperis application (ECF No. 13) will be disregarded as improperly filed, and plaintiff’s later-filed application to proceed in forma pauperis by a non-prisoner (ECF No. 16) will be granted. In addition, plaintiff’s request to participate in the court’s…