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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RAS HEZEKIAH TAFARI, No. 2:22-cv-01666-DAD-JDP (PS) Plaintiff, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISMISSING

YVETTE TUCKER, et al., THIS ACTION Defendants. (Doc. No. 8) 16 Plaintiff Ras Hezekiah Tafari, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, initiated this civil action on September 22, 2022. (Doc. No. 1.) This matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On May 15, 2023, the assigned magistrate judge screened plaintiff’s first amended complaint and found that plaintiff’s allegations were insufficient to state his sole federal claim brought in this action—a federal claim for employment discrimination on account of religion under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000(e)-2. (Doc. No. 5 at 2.) The gravamen of plaintiff’s claim is that defendant Federal Express Corporation “violated federal law by rescinding…