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NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 30 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LANCE ELLIOT WILLIAMS, No. 22-15575

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 1:21-cv-01792-JLT-BAK

v.

MEMORANDUM*

THIERRY, Correctional Officer,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Jennifer L. Thurston, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted April 22, 2024**

Before: CALLAHAN, LEE, and FORREST, Circuit Judges.

Williams’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) on appeal (Docket

Entry No. 2) is granted.

Lance Elliot Williams, a former California state prisoner, appeals pro se

from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action after

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). denying Williams’s motion to proceed IFP. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.

§ 1291. We…