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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 AMAESHI NWOZUZU, No. 2:24-cv-01518 SCR P Plaintiff, v. ORDER DANIEL E. CUEVA, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is incarcerated in state prisoner and proceeding pro se with a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has filed a first amended complaint (“FAC”) that is before the undersigned for screening under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. For the reasons set forth below, the undersigned finds that the FAC fails to state any cognizable claims for relief. Plaintiff will be given leave to file an amended complaint. STATUTORY SCREENING The court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against “a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). In performing this screening function, the court must dismiss any claim that “(1) is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted; or (2)…