Kemp

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ERIC S KEMP, Case No. 24-cv-07281-TLT

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF SERVICE

v.

CARMEN BENTACOURT, Defendant.

12 Plaintiff, a prisoner at Correctional Training Facility (CTF), filed a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The case has been reopened and the First Amended Complaint (FAC) is before the Court for screening pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. For the reasons stated below, the complaint is ordered served on defendant Bentacourt. 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…