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FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

TOPAZ JOHNSON, No. 23-15299

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 2:22-cv-01235-

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HIGH DESERT STATE PRISON;

SYLVA, Sergeant; BRIAN KIBLER, Warden, OPINION

Defendants-Appellees.

IAN HENDERSON, No. 23-15396

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 2:22-cv-01235-

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HIGH DESERT STATE PRISON;

SYLVA, Sergeant; BRIAN KIBLER, Warden,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Troy L. Nunley, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted August 15, 2024 San Francisco, California

Filed January 27, 2025

Before: Susan P. Graber, Consuelo M. Callahan, and Lawrence VanDyke, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Callahan; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Graber

SUMMARY *

Prison Litigation Reform Act

Reversing the district court’s denial of a joint application to proceed in forma pauperis brought by three California inmates and its dismissal of…