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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARVIN GLENN HOLLIS, No. 2:13-cv-2145-MCE-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER J. BAL, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff proceeds without counsel in this action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On October 11, 2018, the court dismissed his initial complaint with leave to amend after finding that it failed to state a cognizable claim. ECF No. 27. Now, plaintiff has filed a first amended complaint (ECF No. 34) and the court must screen it. Screening I. Legal Standards Pursuant to § 1915(e)(2), the court must dismiss the case at any time if it determines the allegation of poverty is untrue, or if the action is frivolous or malicious, fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted, or seeks monetary relief against an immune defendant. Although pro se pleadings are liberally construed, see Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519, 520-21 (1972), a complaint, or portion thereof, should…