Hernandez

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 EUREKA DIVISION 7 8 LEWIS W. JOHNSON, Case No. 19-cv-03936-RMI

9 Plaintiff,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH LEAVE

10 v. TO AMEND

11 PATRICIA HERNANDEZ, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 1 12 Defendants.

13 14 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, filed a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He 15 has been granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis. 16 DISCUSSION 17 Standard of Review 18 Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek 19 redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 20 1915A(a). In the course of this review, the court must identify any cognizable claims, and dismiss 21 any claims which are frivolous, malicious, fail to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, 22 or those which seek monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. See id. at 23 1915A(b)(1),(2). Pro se pleadings…