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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN KELLER, No. 2:23-cv-01591-EFB (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER JOHN DOE, et al. Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a former state prisoner1 proceeding without counsel in an action brought against unnamed defendants. ECF No. 8. Plaintiff has already been granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (ECF No. 5), but his initial complaint (ECF No. 1) was dismissed with leave to amend. ECF No. 6. This order addresses plaintiff’s amended complaint. ECF No. 8. Screening Standards Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The court must identify cognizable claims or dismiss the complaint, or any portion of the complaint, if the complaint “is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which

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