Cook

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 DAVID L. COOK, Case No. 19-cv-01370-PJH

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER OF SERVICE

v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 25 10 CITY OF ANTIOCH, et al., Defendants. 11

12 13 Plaintiff, a detainee, proceeds with a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. 14 § 1983. The amended complaint was dismissed with leave to amend and plaintiff has 15 filed a second amended complaint. 16 DISCUSSION 17 STANDARD OF REVIEW 18 Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners 19 seek redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 20 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). In its review the court must identify any cognizable claims, and 21 dismiss any claims which are frivolous, malicious, fail to state a claim upon which relief 22 may be granted, or seek monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such 23 relief. Id. at 1915A(b)(1),(2). Pro se pleadings must be liberally construed. Balistreri v. 24 Pacifica Police Dep't, 901 F.2d 696,…