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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KENNETH HILL, No. 2:20-cv-02418 TLN DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER D. FIELDS, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, an inmate proceeding pro se, seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims defendants violated his Eighth Amendment rights through deliberate indifference to his safety. Before the court is plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 5) and his complaint for screening (ECF No. 1). For the reasons stated below, the court will deny plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis and direct him to file an updated IFP application. Additionally, plaintiff will be given the option to either proceed on the cognizable claims in his complaint or to submit an amended complaint. //// //// //// //// //// IN FORMA PAUPERIS Plaintiff has submitted an application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) in this case. (ECF No. 5.) While he was…