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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PAUL DAVID JOHNSON, Case No. 21-cv-05264-JSW

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS FOR

RECONSIDERATION; REOPENING

v. CASE; OF DISMISSAL WITH LEAVE

TO AMEND

A. CUEVAS, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 14, 15 Defendants.

INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, a California prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights case under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The case was dismissed because the Court had not received his filing fee payment by the deadline. The filing fee was subsequently docketed, and Plaintiff has shown that he attempted in good faith to pay the filing fee in a timely manner. Accordingly, the motions for reconsideration are GRANTED, the judgment is VACATED, and the case is REOPENED. For the reasons set forth below, the complaint is DISMISSED with leave to amend. DISCUSSION A. STANDARD OF REVIEW Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek…