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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 XEZAKIA ROUSE, Case No. 21-cv-05708-JSC

Plaintiff,

SCREENING ORDER PURSUANT TO

v. 28 U.S.C. § 1915

RONALD HAYES ABERNATHY, Re: Dkt. No. 7 Defendant.

12 Upon review of Plaintiff’s complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915, the Court determined that it did not contain a short and plain statement of the claim and the grounds upon which it rests, as required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8. (Dkt. Nos. 1, 5.) The Court gave Plaintiff the opportunity to amend the complaint, and now reviews the amended complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (Dkt. No. 7.) COMPLAINT ALLEGATIONS Plaintiff was convicted of a crime in California in 2013. Defendant is the chief public defender for Napa County, who represented Plaintiff. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant knowingly refused to file a first appeal of Plaintiff’s conviction on Plaintiff’s request. He also alleges that Defendant improperly represented him…