Ballesteros

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ARTURO ARRANGA BALLESTEROS, Case No. 20-cv-06207-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF SERVICE

v.

STEPHEN STEK, et al., Defendants.

INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, a California prisoner, filed this pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Santa Clara and a number of its police officers. Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis is granted in a separate order. For the reasons explained below, the complaint is ordered served upon Defendants. 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). The Court must identify cognizable claims or dismiss the complaint, or any portion of the complaint, if the complaint “is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted,” or “seeks monetary relief from a defendant…