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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CANDACE SMITH, Case No. 1:24-cv-01562-BAM Plaintiff, ORDER CONSTRUING PLAINTIFF’S LODGED

AMENDED COMPLAINT AS MOTION FOR

v.

LEAVE TO AMEND

OLUSSEYI AYODELE, (Doc. 9)

Defendant. ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR LEAVE TO AMEND

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO

FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT LODGED ON

MARCH 18, 2025 AS THIRD AMENDED

COMPLAINT

(Doc. 9)

20 Plaintiff Candace Smith (“Plaintiff”), proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, initiated this civil action on December 18, 2025. (Doc. 1.) Plaintiff filed a signed first amended complaint on February 7, 2025. (Doc. 6.) On February 18, 2025, the Court screened Plaintiff’s first amended complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). The Court determined that the amended complaint failed to comply with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8 and failed to state a cognizable claim for relief. The Court 27 …