Poot
Poot v. City and County of San Francisco
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JOSE POOT, Case No. 24-cv-03618-DMR
Plaintiff,
ORDER SCREENING COMPLAINT
v. PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915A
CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, et al., 11 Defendants.
13 Plaintiff Jose Poot, who is a pretrial detainee currently incarcerated at the San Francisco 14 County Jail (“SF Jail”), filed this civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff’s 15 application to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted in a separate order. The court now 16 screens Plaintiff’s complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A.
I. STANDARD OF REVIEW
18 Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek 19 redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 20 1915A(a). The court must identify cognizable claims or dismiss the complaint, or any portion of 21 the complaint, if the complaint “is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief 22 may be granted,” or “seeks monetary relief from a…