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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL M. WARD, No. 2:24-cv-00978 TLN AC PS Plaintiff, v. ORDER REDDING POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is proceeding in this action pro se. The case was accordingly referred to the undersigned magistrate judge by E.D. Cal. 302(c)(21). Plaintiff has filed a request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”), and has submitted the affidavit required by that statute. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). The motion to proceed IFP will therefore be granted. Further, for the reasons stated below, plaintiff be given the opportunity either to proceed on the cognizable claims identified in his complaint or to file an amended complaint. I. SCREENING The federal IFP statute requires federal courts to dismiss a case if the action is legally “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…