Villalobos
Villalobos v. State of California
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 NICACIO FLORES VILLALOBOS, Case No. 25-cv-02611-JST
8 Plaintiff,
ORDER OF DISMISSAL
v. 9
10 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant. 11
12 13 Plaintiff has filed this pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. His 14 complaint (ECF No. 1) is now before the Court for review under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Plaintiff has 15 been granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis in a separate order. 16 DISCUSSION 17 I. Standard of Review 18 A federal court must engage in a preliminary screening of any case in which a prisoner 19 seeks redress from a governmental entity, or from an officer or an employee of a governmental 20 entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). In its review, the Court must identify any cognizable claims, and 21 dismiss any claims which are frivolous, malicious, fail to state a claim upon which relief may be 22 granted, or seek monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. See 28 U.S.C. 23 § 1915A(b) (1), (2). Pro se pleadings must be liberally construed. …