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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 THOMAS JOHN HEILMAN, No. 1:19-cv-01654-NONE-SAB (PC) Plaintiff,

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Plaintiff Thomas John Heilman is appearing pro se in this civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the following five named defendants: Valley State Prison (“VSP”) Correctional Officers Santos, Ruiz, Ladd, and Viss; and VSP Warden Fisher. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On December 11, 2019, the assigned magistrate judge screened plaintiff’s complaint. (Doc. No. 15.) That screening order accurately summarized plaintiff’s allegations, which concern alleged events spanning several days beginning on April 10, 2018 when plaintiff purportedly arrived at VSP for a temporary placement. (Doc. 1 at ¶ 1.) Plaintiff had previously been incarcerated at the Correctional…