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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 JEVON SANFORD, JR., Case No. 2:21-cv-00824-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA

v. PAUPERIS G. GEMO, et al., ECF No. 2 Defendants. SCREENING ORDER THAT PLAINTIFF: (1) FILE AN AMENDED

COMPLAINT; OR

16 (2) NOTIFY THE COURT THAT HE WISHES TO STAND BY HIS

COMPLAINT, SUBJECT TO

DISMISSAL OF CLAIMS AND

DEFENDANTS

19 ECF No. 1

SIXTY-DAY DEADLINE

21 Plaintiff brings this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and alleges that defendants Gemo, Cummings, and Williams violated his Eighth Amendment rights by denying him treatment for an ankle injury and by using excessive force against him. Additionally, plaintiff has filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis, ECF No. 2, which makes the proper showing and will be granted. For the reasons set forth below,…