Israel
Israel v. Salinas
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 AKIVA ISRAEL, Case No. 24-cv-08818-JD
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE SERVICE
v. 7 Re: Dkt. No. 5 ROBERT SALINAS, Defendant.
10 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, filed a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. She has been granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis. DISCUSSION STANDARD OF REVIEW Federal courts engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The Court will identify any cognizable claims, and dismiss any claims which are frivolous, malicious, fail to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or seek monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. Id. at 1915A(b)(1),(2). Pro se pleadings are liberally construed. Balistreri v. Pacifica Police Dep’t, 901 F.2d 696, 699 (9th Cir. 1990). Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a)(2) requires only “a short and plain…