Hubbard

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 ZANE HUBBARD, Case No. 19-cv-04136-JST

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

v. 9

10 JOHNSON, et al., Defendants. 11

12 13 INTRODUCTION 14 Plaintiff, an inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison (“SVSP”), filed this pro se civil rights 15 action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He has been granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis in a 16 separate order. His complaint (ECF No. 1) is now before the Court for review under 28 U.S.C. § 17 1915A. 18 DISCUSSION 19 A. Standard of Review 20 A federal court must engage in a preliminary screening of any case in which a prisoner 21 seeks redress from a governmental entity, or from an officer or an employee of a governmental 22 entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). In its review, the Court must identify any cognizable claims, and 23 dismiss any claims which are frivolous, malicious, fail to state a claim upon which relief may be 24 granted, or seek monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. …