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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TRACYE BENARD WASHINGTON, Case No.: 1:23-cv-01095-JLT-SKO (PC) Plaintiff, FIRST SCREENING ORDER

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A. CASTILLO, et al., 21-DAY DEADLINE

Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Tracye Benard Washington is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. I. SCREENING REQUIREMENT The Court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a governmental entity or an officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The Court must dismiss a complaint or portion thereof if the complaint is frivolous or malicious, fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b). The Court should dismiss a complaint if it lacks a cognizable legal theory or fails to allege sufficient facts to support a cognizable legal theory. See Balistreri v. Pacifica Police…