Lynn

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GERALD ANTHONY ORTEGA, No. 2:19-cv-2028 DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER LYNN, Defendant. 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, 6). This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B). Before this court is plaintiff’s unsolicited first amended complaint1 and two motions to proceed in forma pauperis. (See ECF Nos. 2, 5, 6). For the reasons stated below, plaintiff’s first motion to proceed in forma pauperis shall be granted and plaintiff’s second in forma pauperis motion shall be denied as duplicative. Plaintiff will also be given an opportunity to provide the

Prior to the court reviewing plaintiff’s original complaint (see ECF No. 1), plaintiff filed a first amended complaint (see ECF No. 5). Because an amended…