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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICKY RAY KEEL, No. 2:16-cv-1946-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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F. FOULK, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff’s previous complaints were dismissed with leave to amend (ECF Nos. 7, 17, 30). Plaintiff has filed his third amended complaint (ECF No. 37) and the court must screen it. Screening I. Legal Standards The court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The screening obligation applies where a complaint is removed from state court. See, e.g., Morris v. Horel, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 56938, 2008 WL 686874, *1 (N.D. Cal., March 12, 2008) (screening civil rights action removed from state court pursuant to Section…