Robertson

Robertson v. Solomon

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United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaMay 11, 20203:20-cv-01560California802 words

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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 WILLIAM ANTHONY ROBERTSON, Case No. 20-cv-01560-SI

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

9 v. Re: Dkt. No. 1 10 I SOLOMON, et al., 11 Defendants.

12 13 William Anthony Robertson, an inmate at the San Francisco County Jail, filed this pro se 14 civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleges in his complaint that members of the San 15 Francisco Public Defender’s Office are not representing him properly. 16 A district court must screen any case in which a prisoner seeks redress from a governmental 17 entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The court must 18 identify any cognizable claims, and dismiss any claims which are frivolous, malicious, fail to state 19 a claim upon which relief may be granted, or seek monetary relief from a defendant who is immune 20 from such relief. See id. at § 1915A(b)(1),(2). Pro se complaints must be liberally construed. 21 See Hebbe v. Pliler, 627 F.3d 338, 342 (9th Cir. 2010). 22 To state a claim under 42…

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