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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES ESCO JACKSON, No. 2:23-cv-00034 DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER VEER BABU, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, an inmate proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims that defendants were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights. Before the court is plaintiff’s first amended complaint (“FAC”) for screening. For the reasons stated below, the FAC will be dismissed with leave to amend. SCREENING I. Legal Standards As described in this court’s prior screening order, the court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners to determine whether they sufficiently state claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The prisoner must plead an arguable legal and factual basis for each claim in order to survive dismissal. Franklin v. Murphy, 745 F.2d 1221, 1227-28 28 …