Salazar

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MAGDALENO SALAZAR, Case No. 20-cv-02752-JST

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

v. 9 Re: ECF No. 24 D. CAMPBELL, et al., Defendants.

12 Plaintiff, an inmate at San Quentin State Prison (“SQSP”), has filed a pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Now pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s second amended complaint. ECF No. 22. The Court GRANTS Defendants’ request for screening of the second amended complaint. ECF No. 24. DISCUSSION I. Legal Standard A federal court must conduct a preliminary screening in 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). In its review, the court must identify any cognizable claims and dismiss any claims that 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. See 28 U.S.C. §…