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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHRISTOPHER NATHANIEL No. 2:20-cv-2261 AC P

WASHINGTON,

12 Plaintiff, ORDER AND FINDINGS AND v. RECOMMENDATIONS 14 RALPH DIAZ, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, has filed this civil 18 rights action seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States 19 Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. Defendants have 20 been served, and plaintiff has been given the opportunity to file an amended complaint. ECF 21 Nos. 13, 51, respectively. 22 Before the court are plaintiff’s motion to file a third amended complaint (“TAC”) and his 23 subsequently filed TAC and fourth amended complaint (“FAC”). ECF Nos. 52-54, respectively. 24 Defendants have filed a motion to screen the TAC and strike the FAC, and plaintiff has filed a 25 motion to submit objections to defendants’ motion. ECF Nos. 55, 60, respectively. In addition, 26 plaintiff has filed several…