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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BILLY DRIVER, JR., No. 2:23-cv-1233 DAD KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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KIMBERLY J. MUELLER, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding pro se. Plaintiff seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Plaintiff subsequently filed various other motions. This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). As discussed below, plaintiff’s motions are denied, and it is recommended that plaintiff’s motion for in forma pauperis status be denied. I. Motions for VDRP Plaintiff asks that this case be referred to VDRP, the court’s Voluntary Dispute Resolution Program. (ECF Nos. 6 & 9.) However, under Local Rule 271, all prisoner petitions and prisoner civil actions are excluded from the court’s VDRP program. Local Rule 271(a)(2). Because plaintiff is a state prisoner bringing…