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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOE TAYLOR, No. 2:18-CV-0149-DMC-P Plaintiff, v. ORDER J. LEWIS, 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 first amended complaint (ECF No. 12). Plaintiff alleges Defendants violated his Eighth Amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment by denying him proper medical treatment and by failing to provide him adequate pain management medication. 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 claim upon which relief can be granted; or (3) seeks monetary relief 28 …