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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 VONTELL WESSON, No. 2:19-cv-1880 DB P Plaintiff,

v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ERIC JONES, et al.. Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a county prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Before the court are plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis and plaintiff’s complaint for screening. Plaintiff states in his complaint that he has not exhausted his administrative remedies before filing this action. Accordingly, this court must dismiss the complaint unless plaintiff can show he should be excused from exhaustion. Plaintiff will be given an opportunity to make that showing. SCREENING The court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a governmental entity or an officer or employee of a governmental entity. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The court must dismiss a complaint or portion thereof if the prisoner has raised claims 27…