Allison

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROBERT L. SANFORD, No. 2:22-cv-01225-DAD-EFB (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER KATHLEEN ALLISON, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He commenced this civil action in the Sacramento County Superior Court and defendant Kathleen Allison removed it to federal court on July 12, 2022. Defendant Allison requests that the court screen the complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A and dismiss any claims that are frivolous, malicious, or which fail to state a cognizable claim. ECF No. 1 at 3. After reviewing the complaint pursuant to § 1915A, the court concludes that it fails to state a cognizable claim and must be dismissed with leave to amend. ///// /////

1 Defendant Allison was served on June 14, 2022. ECF No. 1 at 2. The complaint also names Stephanie Welch, Chief Counsel for CDCR, as a defendant, but Welch has not been served. …