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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DESHUN BOWERS, No. 1:23-cv-00687-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING ACTION FOR

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v. CLAIM FOR RELIEF DR. OLUFEMI OWOLABI, et al., (ECF No. 15) Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. All parties have consented to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C § 636(c). (ECF No. 12.) Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s first amended complaint, filed July 14, 2023. I. SCREENING REQUIREMENT The Court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The Court must dismiss a complaint or portion thereof if the prisoner has raised claims that are legally “frivolous or malicious,” that “fail[] to…