Thompson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EUREKA DIVISION 7 MICHAEL A. THOMPSON, Case No. 20-cv-04241-RMI

Plaintiff,

ORDER FOR SERVICE

v.

JEUNG, Defendant.

13 Plaintiff, a detainee, proceeds with a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The original complaint was dismissed with leave to amend and Plaintiff has since filed an amended complaint (dkt. 10). LEGAL STANDARDS Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek redress from a governmental entity or officer, or from an employee of a governmental entity. See 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. Id. at 1915A(b)(1), (2). Pro se pleadings must be liberally construed. Balistreri v. Pacifica Police…