Madsen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANTHONY SMITH, Case No. 21-cv-04590-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF SERVICE

v.

H. MADSEN, et al., Defendants.

INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, a California prisoner, filed this pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against three correctional officers based on events that occurred in 2019 at the California Training Facility (“CTF”). 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…