Gomez
Gomez v. Alameda County Sheriff's Department
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 JUVENCIO GOMEZ, Case No. 20-cv-01592-JSC
8 Plaintiff,
ORDER OF SERVICE
v. 9
10 ALAMEDA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, et al., 11 Defendants.
12 13 INTRODUCTION 14 Plaintiff, an inmate at the Santa Rita County Jail, filed this pro se civil rights complaint 15 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department, Sheriff Gregory 16 Ahern, and Deputy M. Vargas.1 Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis is granted in 17 a separate order. For the reasons explained below, the complaint is ordered served upon 18 Defendants. 19 STANDARD OF REVIEW 20 Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek 21 redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 22 1915A(a). The Court must identify cognizable claims or dismiss the complaint, or any portion of 23 the complaint, if the complaint “is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim…