Nordtrom

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARK EDWARD STRICKLEN, Case No.: 1:23-cv-00537 CDB (PC) Plaintiff,

FIRST SCREENING ORDER

v. C. NORDTROM, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff Mark Edward Stricklen is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. I. SCREENING REQUIREMENT The Court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a governmental entity or an officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The Court must dismiss a complaint or portion thereof if the complaint is frivolous or malicious, fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b). The Court should dismiss a complaint if it lacks a cognizable legal theory or fails to allege sufficient facts to support a cognizable legal theory. See Balistreri v. Pacifica Police Dep’t, 901 F.2d 696, 699 (9th Cir. 1990). // // …