Walker
Walker v. Popow
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KEEWIN L. WALKER, Case No. 19-cv-02944-EMC
Plaintiff,
ORDER OF DISMISSAL
v. Docket No. 9 M. POPOW, et al., Defendants.
12 Keewin L. Walker, a prisoner at the Pelican Bay State Prison, filed this pro se civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Court dismissed the complaint with leave to amend because the complaint failed to state a claim for an Eighth Amendment violation and failed to state a claim for retaliation. Mr. Walker then filed an amended complaint, which is now before the Court for review under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. 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 granted, or seek monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. See id. at § 1915A(b). Pro se pleadings must be liberally construed. See Balistreri v. Pacifica Police Dep't, 901 F.2d 696, 699 (9th Cir. 1990). The…