(PC) Keeton v. Lynch

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 TOMMY ROY KEETON, No. 2:20-cv-2270-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER1 JEFF LYNCH, et al., Defendants. 15 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an 16 action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has filed a 17 complaint and several miscellaneous “motions.” See ECF No. 1, 18 5, 7, 9,2 10.

20 1 Given plaintiff’s visual impairment, the court has 21 increased the font size of this order. 22 2 ECF No. 9 is plaintiff’s application for leave to proceed in 23 forma pauperis. Because plaintiff has been designated a three- 24 strikes litigant for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), see Keeton v. 25 Marshall, NO. CV 17-1213-FMO (KS), 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 156582 (C.D. Cal., Sept. 13, 2018), the court defers ruling on this request. Upon plaintiff’s filing of a legible complaint, the court will review it to determine whether plaintiff was under Complaint Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in…