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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANTHONY JAMAL WITT, No. 2:21-cv-2198-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER SOLANO COUNTY, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a former county jail inmate proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He commenced this action on November 29, 2021 by filing a civil rights complaint. ECF No. 1. He has since filed a supplement and several exhibits to the complaint (ECF Nos. 5 & 8), along with two applications to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF Nos. 2, 7).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 governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The court must identify cognizable claims or dismiss the complaint, or any portion of the complaint, if the complaint “is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted,” or “seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from…