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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KUANGHUEI LIANG, et al., No. 2:21–cv–0594–JAM–KJN PS Plaintiffs, ORDER & FINDINGS AND

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v. (ECF Nos. 1-4) MICKEY ANDERSON, Defendant. 16 All three plaintiffs are representing themselves in this action and seek leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). (ECF Nos. 2-4.) See 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Plaintiffs’ affidavits in support of their IFP requests make the required financial showing. Accordingly, the court grants each plaintiff’s IFP request. 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 1915(e) not only permits but…