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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 MICHAEL TYRONE SHANNON, No. 2:18-cv-0161-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER DR. IKEGBU, et al., Defendants. 15 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. After dismissal of his complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, he has filed an amended complaint (ECF No. 18), which the court must now screen. Congress mandates that district courts engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The court must identify cognizable claims or dismiss the complaint, or any portion of the complaint, if the complaint “is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted,” or “seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief.” Id. § 1915A(b). According to the amended complaint, plaintiff suffers from…