Moralez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 RUDOLPH MORALEZ, Case No. 20-cv-07860-RMI

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH LEAVE

v. TO AMEND; ORDER DENYING

MOTION TO APPOINT COUNSEL

RON DAVIS, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 12 Defendants.

12 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, proceeds with a pro se civil rights complaint filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The original complaint was dismissed with leave to amend and Plaintiff has filed an amended complaint. 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 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),…