Borla

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DERRELL MUSANTHA SMITH, Case No. 25-cv-03247-TLT

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF SERVICE

v.

EDWARD BORLA, et al., Defendants.

12 Plaintiff, a prisoner at Correctional Training Facility (CTF), filed a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The complaint is before the Court for screening pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. For the reasons stated below, the complaint is ordered served on defendants Borla and Macomber.1 DISCUSSION A. Standard of Review A federal court must conduct a preliminary screening in any case in which a prisoner seeks redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). In its review, the court must identify any cognizable claims and dismiss any claims that 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. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(1), (2). …