Lozada

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 EUREKA DIVISION 4 5 VICTOR MELESIO LOZADA, Case No. 20-cv-01896-RMI

6 Plaintiff,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH LEAVE

7 v. TO AMEND

8 SANTA ROSA POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al., 9 Defendants. 10 11 Plaintiff, a detainee, filed a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He has 12 been granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis (dkt. 5) and has consented to the jurisdiction of a 13 Magistrate Judge (dkt. 4). 14 DISCUSSION 15 Standard of Review 16 Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek 17 redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 18 1915A(a). In its review, the court must identify any cognizable claims, and dismiss any claims 19 which are frivolous, malicious, fail to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or seek 20 monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. Id. at 1915A(b)(1),(2). Pro se 21 …