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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES NEWSON, No. 2:24-cv-00558 DAD AC (PS) Plaintiff, v. ORDER NAN CHEN, Chief Financial Officer of California State Disbursement Unit, 15 Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff is proceeding in this action pro se. This matter was accordingly referred to the undersigned by E.D. Cal. 302(c)(21). Plaintiff filed a request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) and submitted the affidavit required by that statute; that motion was granted. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1), ECF No. 3. The initial complaint was rejected with leave to amend pursuant to the screening process that accompanies IFP status, discussed below. ECF No. 3. Now before the court for screening is plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint. ECF No. 4. I. SCREENING A. Legal Standard The federal IFP statute requires federal courts to dismiss a case if the action is legally “frivolous or malicious,” fails to state a claim upon which relief may…