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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DONELL HAYNIE, Case No. 1:20-cv-01663 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO INITIATE SCREENING

v. (Doc. No. 6) ANNAMARIE ESQUERRA, CRYSTAL

ALCALA, R. MEIJA,

15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff, Donell Haynie, is a current state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 18 pauperis on his First Amended Complaint filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Doc. Nos. 3, 4). 19 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion requesting the Court to screen his First Amended 20 Complaint and serve the defendants. (Doc. No. 6 at 2). 21 District courts possess inherent authority not governed “by rule or statute, but by control 22 necessarily vested in courts to manage their own affairs so as to achieve the orderly and 23 expeditious disposition of cases.” Dietz v. Bouldin, 136 S. Ct. 1885, 1892 (2016) (citations 24 omitted). And while this Court endeavors to handle all matters as expeditiously as possible, it has 25 “one of the heaviest caseloads in the nation” and operates under a declared judicial…