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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 NATHAN HILL, No. 2:19-cv-1680 DAD AC P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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14 GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, seeks relief under 42 18 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 19 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. 20 Plaintiff has filed a second amended complaint (“SAC”), a motion for a return of funds, 21 and a motion requesting that all defendants be served and that a restraining order issue. ECF Nos. 22 36, 51, 52. For the reasons stated below, the motions for a return of funds and for service will be 23 denied. The undersigned will also recommend that the case proceed on certain claims against 24 certain defendants and that others be dismissed, and that the motion for injunctive relief be 25 denied. 26 I. SCREENING REQUIREMENT 27 The court is required to screen complaints…