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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CORNEL JACKSON, Case No. 1:23-cv-00149-KES-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

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v. (Docs. 16, 22) H. MARLEY, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Cornel Jackson initiated this action by filing a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 while a pretrial detainee in the Madera County Jail. Doc. 1. Plaintiff is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis on his first amended complaint (“FAC”). The Court screened the FAC and found that plaintiff stated cognizable claims for (1) retaliation in violation of the First Amendment, (2) violation of the Sixth Amendment right to assistance of counsel, (3) violation of his substantive First Amendment rights, and (4) violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. Doc. 9. The screening order provided plaintiff with two options: (1) stand on his FAC as screened and dismiss certain claims and defendants for the reasons stated in the screening order, or…