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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ORLANDO JOHNSON, No. 2:21-cv-1450-KJM-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER UNKNOWN, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Following the dismissal of his original complaint upon screening1 (ECF Nos. 1 & 8), plaintiff has filed an amended complaint (ECF No. 11), which the court must now screen. As discussed below, plaintiff’s amended complaint is dismissed with leave to amend for failure to state a claim. Plaintiff alleges that he suffers from severe asthma and coronary artery disease. He claims that defendant RN Morin initially assigned him a COVID risk assessment score of 1, based only on his age and gender. Plaintiff’s wife contacted the prison to let them know plaintiff needed an

1 Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a…