Powell
Powell v. Banales
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MICHAEL ANGELO POWELL, Case No. 19-cv-06753-JST
Plaintiff,
ORDER OF DISMISSAL
v.
E BANALES, et al., Defendants.
12 INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, an inmate at Correctional Training Facility, has filed this pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has been granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis in a separate order. His complaint (ECF No. 1) is now before the Court for review under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. For the reasons set forth below, the complaint will be DISMISSED with prejudice. DISCUSSION A. Standard of Review A federal court must engage in a preliminary screening of any case in which a prisoner seeks redress from a governmental entity, or from an officer or an employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). In its review, the Court must identify any cognizable claims, and dismiss any claims which are frivolous, malicious, fail to state a claim upon which relief may be…