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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LINUS EKENE, Case No. 2:22-cv-01443-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA

v. PAUPERIS R. COOK, et al., ECF No. 2 Defendants. SCREENING ORDER THAT PLAINTIFF: (1) FILE AN AMENDED

COMPLAINT; OR

17 (2) STAND BY HIS COMPLAINT SUBJECT TO A

RECOMMENDATION THAT IT BE

DISMISSED ECF No. 1 THIRTY-DAY DEADLINE 22 Plaintiff Linus Ekene is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleges that, after he filed other lawsuits and grievances, defendants initiated a campaign of retaliation against him in violation of his First, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights. ECF No. 1. The allegations are sufficient to state cognizable…