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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 CECILIA CAREY and KARREN Case No. 24-cv-09534-TSH

MOORER,

8 Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’

9 v. APPLICATIONS TO PROCEED IN 10 FORMA PAUPERIS AND SCREENING MAURICIO TORRES, et al., COMPLAINT PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. 11 § 1915(E) Defendants. 12

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14 15 I. INTRODUCTION 16 Plaintiffs Cecilia Carey and Karren Moorer initiated this lawsuit by filing a complaint 17 (ECF No. 1) and applications to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF Nos. 2, 3). For the reasons stated 18 below, the Court GRANTS the applications but finds the complaint deficient under 28 U.S.C. § 19 1915(e). No later than February 24, 2025, Plaintiffs must file a first amended complaint curing the 20 deficiencies identified in this screening order. If Plaintiffs fail to cure these deficiencies, the case 21 will be reassigned to a district judge with a recommendation for dismissal. 22 II. BACKGROUND 23 …