Hamilton
Hamilton v. Davis
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 ALEXANDER RASHAD HAMILTON, Case No. 19-cv-01223-JST
8 Plaintiff,
ORDER OF DISMISSAL
v. 9
10 RON DAVIS, et al., Defendants. 11
12 13 INTRODUCTION 14 Plaintiff, an inmate at San Quentin State Prison (“SQSP”), filed this pro se civil rights 15 action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. His amended complaint (ECF No. 16) is now before the 16 Court for review under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. 17 DISCUSSION 18 A. Standard of Review 19 A federal court must engage in a preliminary screening of any case in which a prisoner 20 seeks redress from a governmental entity, or from an officer or an employee of a governmental 21 entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). In its review, the Court must identify any cognizable claims, and 22 dismiss any claims which are frivolous, malicious, fail to state a claim upon which relief may be 23 granted, or seek monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. See 28 U.S.C. 24 § 1915A(b) (1), (2). Pro se pleadings must be…