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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KUANGHUEI LIANG, et al., No. 2:21–cv–0595–JAM–CKD PS Plaintiffs, ORDER & FINDINGS AND

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v. (ECF Nos. 1-4) ALEXANDER KALLIS, Defendant. 16 All three plaintiffs—each proceeding without counsel in this action—have requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (ECF Nos. 2-4.) Plaintiffs’ applications in support of their IFP requests make the required financial showing. Accordingly, the court grants each plaintiff’s request to proceed IFP. The determination that a plaintiff may proceed IFP does not complete the required inquiry, however. Pursuant to the IFP statute, federal courts must screen IFP complaints and dismiss the case if the action is “frivolous or malicious,” “fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted,” or seeks monetary relief against an immune defendant. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B); Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1126-27 (9th Cir. 2000) (en banc) (“[S]ection…