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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ABRAHAM L. TORRES, Case No. 2:24-cv-2447-JDP (P) 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 GAVIN NEWSOME, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 18 Plaintiff, a prisoner incarcerated at High Desert State Prison, brings this action against 19 numerous defendants, alleging violations of his First and Eighth Amendment rights. ECF No. 1. 20 The complaint is deficient because it fails to provide most of the named defendants with sufficient 21 notice of the claims against them and because it contains multiple, unrelated claims against more 22 than one defendant. I will dismiss plaintiff’s complaint with leave to amend so that he may 23 remedy these deficiencies. I will grant his application to proceed in forma pauperis, ECF No. 5. 24 Screening Order 25 I. Screening and Pleading Requirements 26 A federal court must screen a prisoner’s complaint that seeks relief against a governmental 27 entity, officer, or employee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The…