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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 JESSE JOHNSON, JR., No. 2:23-cv-01846 DJC SCR P 11 Plaintiff, 12 v. ORDER 13 RICK M. HILL, et al., 14 Defendants. 15 16 Plaintiff is incarcerated in state prison and proceeding pro se with a civil rights action 17 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff’s second amended complaint (“SAC”) is before the 18 undersigned for screening under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. For the reasons set forth below, the SAC 19 does not state any cognizable claims for relief relating to the issuance of allegedly false RVRs. 20 Plaintiff will be granted thirty (30) days to file a third amended complaint. 21 STATUTORY SCREENING 22 The court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against “a 23 governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). In 24 performing this screening function, the court must dismiss any claim that “(1) is frivolous, 25 malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be…