Turner

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 VINCENT RENE TURNER, Case No. 20-cv-01152-JST

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

v. 9

10 CECILIA CASTELLANOS, et al., Defendants. 11

12 13 INTRODUCTION 14 Plaintiff, an inmate currently incarcerated at Mule Creek State Prison, has filed this pro se 15 civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. His complaint (Dkt. No. 1) is now before the 16 Court for review under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Plaintiff has been granted leave to proceed in forma 17 pauperis in a separate order. 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…