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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LYNN WOODS, No. 2:22-cv-0640-EFB (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER CHRISTOPHER SMITH, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He has filed an amended complaint (ECF No. 11) which the court must screen.1 Screening Order The amended complaint alleges that plaintiff’s primary care provider, Dr. Sam Wong, was deliberately indifferent to plaintiff’s eye pain. In 2013, when plaintiff initially complained to Dr. Wong about his eye pain and blurred vision, Dr. Wong referred plaintiff to optometry. ECF No. 11 at 3. /////

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. 26 § 1915A(a). The court must identify cognizable claims or dismiss the complaint, or any portion of the…