Vargas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 MIGUEL VARGAS, Case No. 24-cv-04768-EKL

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF SERVICE

v.

SANTA CLARA COUNTY OFFICE OF SHERIFF CUSTODY, et al., 12 Defendants.

13 Plaintiff, a former detainee and current state prisoner, filed a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The original complaint was dismissed with leave to amend, and plaintiff filed an amended complaint. 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). In its review, the Court must 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 must be liberally construed. Balistreri v. Pacifica…