Robertson
Robertson v. Solomon
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 WILLIAM ANTHONY ROBERTSON, Case No. 20-cv-01560-SI
Plaintiff,
ORDER OF DISMISSAL
v. Re: Dkt. No. 1 I SOLOMON, et al., Defendants.
12 William Anthony Robertson, an inmate at the San Francisco County Jail, filed this pro se civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleges in his complaint that members of the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office are not representing him properly. A district court must screen any case in which a prisoner seeks redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). 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)(1),(2). Pro se complaints must be liberally construed. See Hebbe v. Pliler, 627 F.3d 338, 342 (9th Cir. 2010). To state a claim under 42…