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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL TYRONE SHANNON, No. 2:17-CV-1084-JAM-DMC-P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS RALPH DIAZ, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court is Plaintiff’s second amended complaint (ECF No. 34). Plaintiff alleges Defendants violated his equal protection rights under the Fourteenth Amendment by allowing female inmates to have a selection of seven different alarm clocks to choose from and purchase, but denying the same choice to male inmates. 22 I. SCREENING REQUIREMENT AND STANDARD The Court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The Court must dismiss a complaint or portion thereof if it: (1) is frivolous or malicious; (2) fails to state a…