UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
ANDRE KENNETH STUCKEY,
Case No. 20-cv-01898-YGR (PR) Plaintiff, ORDER OF SERVICE v.
C. STURDEVANT,
7 Defendant.
I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, a state prisoner currently incarcerated at Pelican Bay State Prison (“PBSP”) filed a pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against PBSP Correctional Officer C. Sturdevant. Plaintiff seeks monetary and punitive damages. He has also filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, which will be granted in a separate written Order. Dkt. 2. Venue is proper because the events giving rise to Plaintiff’s claim is alleged to have occurred at PBSP, which is located in this judicial district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). II. 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 officer or employee of a governmental entity. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a).…