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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 NATHAN HILL, No. 2:19-cv-1680 JAM AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., Defendants. 15 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. This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B). Before this court are plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis, a “motion for clarity,” and plaintiff’s first amended petition (“FAC”). ECF Nos. 3, 5, 27, 28. As set forth below, the court grants plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis, screens the FAC, and finds that certain claims are suitable to proceed. Plaintiff may elect to either proceed on the claims identified below as suitable for service, voluntarily dismissing all others, or he may amend one final time. Plaintiff’s “motion for clarity” is denied. I. IN FORMA…