Zaerivand

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ALI ZAERIVAND, Case No. 25-cv-05936-JD

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE DISMISSAL

v.

COUNTY OF MONTEREY, Defendant.

12 Plaintiff, a detainee, filed a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. His amended complaint (Dkt. No. 12) is reviewed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). 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 plausible 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 “a short and…