Cozine

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JACOB DYLAN COZINE, Case No. 24-cv-01737-LJC

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF SERVICE; STAYING

v. ACTION; AND REFERRING FOR

SETTLEMENT PROCEEDINGS

C. AMEZQUITA, et al.,

Defendants.

12 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 about an incident involving two correctional officers at Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP). For the reasons stated below, the complaint is ordered served on the two individual defendants. Plaintiff will be granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis by separate order. DISCUSSION 1. Standard of Review Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek redress from a governmental entity, or from an officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). In its review, the court must identify any cognizable claims, and dismiss any claims which are frivolous, malicious, fail to…