Wortham

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EUREKA DIVISION 7 FREDDIE FERNANDO WORTHAM, et Case No. 20-cv-05394-RMI al., 9 Plaintiffs, ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH LEAVE TO AMEND v. Re: Dkt. No.

J. WALDURA, MD, et al.,

12 Defendants. 13 Plaintiff, a detainee, filed a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He has been granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis and he has consented to the jurisdiction of a Magistrate Judge. DISCUSSION Standard of Review Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek redress from a governmental entity or officer or 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.…