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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ERNEST LEE COX, JR., No. 2:18-cv-2523 DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER JOHN KRPIN, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and has requested authority pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF Nos. 1, 2, 5, 7). This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B). For the reasons stated below, plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, filed September 17, 2018 (ECF No. 2), shall be denied as incomplete. Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, filed November 13, 2018 (ECF No. 7), shall be granted. In addition, plaintiff shall be permitted either to amend the complaint within the limitations stated herein or to voluntarily dismiss the non-cognizable claims and proceed only on the remaining cognizable one. I. IN FORMA PAUPERIS APPLICATION Plaintiff has…