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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 RAYMOND E. PEYTON, Case No. 1:22-cv-00151-JLT-EPG Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO APPOINT

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v. FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT BRIAN CATES, (ECF No. 11) Defendant. 15 Plaintiff Raymond Peyton is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action purportedly brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendant Brian Cates removed this action from the Kern County Superior Court on February 3, 2022. (ECF No. 1). Upon review of the state court documents attached to notice of removal, the Court entered an order on February 18, 2022, concluding that the screening of Plaintiff’s complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a) was hampered by the fact that most of the pertinent factual and legal allegations were not contained in the complaint itself but were instead found in a state court document called a “case management statement.” (ECF No. 7). Noting that Local Rule 220 requires a…