Pohovich

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BILLY DRIVER, Jr., No. 2:22-cv-1672 DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

POHOVICH, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims that officer used excessive force against him on two occasions. Presently before the court is plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2) and motion to be referred to the court’s ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) Project (ECF No. 6). For the reasons set forth below, the undersigned will deny the motion for ADR and recommend that the motion to proceed in forma pauperis be denied. MOTION FOR ADR Plaintiff filed a proposed order for the undersigned’s signature seeking a referral to court’s post-screening ADR pilot project. (ECF No. 6.) The undersigned has not yet screened plaintiff’s complaint or determined whether the claims…