Faison

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MATTHEW LEVI FAISON, Case No. 20-cv-02792-JST

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

v.

CLIVE DAVIS, et al., Defendants.

12 Plaintiff, an inmate at Calhoun Correctional Institution in Blountstown, Florida has filed the instant pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. ECF No. 1. His complaint is now before the Court for review under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Plaintiff has been granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis in a separate order. DISCUSSION A. Standard of Review A federal court must engage in a preliminary screening of any case in which a prisoner seeks redress from a governmental entity, or from an officer or an employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). In its review, 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…