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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PAUL DAVID CARR, No. 2:24-cv-1680 DJC AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER CUEVA, et al, Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state inmate who filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 without a lawyer. The court previously screened plaintiff’s original and second amended complaints and found plaintiff had stated some claims but not others. ECF Nos. 12, 34. Each time plaintiff was given the option to proceed on his cognizable claims or amend, id., and each time he chose to amend. ECF Nos. 17, 36. Before the court is plaintiff’s third amended complaint (“TAC”) and request for screening of the TAC. ECF Nos. 42, 43.1 I. Statutory Screening of Prisoner Complaints 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). A

Plaintiff also has a pending motion for preliminary…