Lozada

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

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH LEAVE

v. TO AMEND

SANTA ROSA POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al., 9 Defendants. 10 Plaintiff, a detainee, filed a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He has been granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis (dkt. 5) and has consented to the jurisdiction of a Magistrate Judge (dkt. 4). DISCUSSION Standard of Review Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek redress from a governmental entity or officer or 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 granted, or seek monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. Id. at 1915A(b)(1),(2). Pro se 21 …