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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 REGINALD WARE, Case No. 21-cv-07931-SVK

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF SERVICE

v.

J. LOPEZ, et al., Defendants.

Plaintiff, a California state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Dkt. No. 1 (“Complaint”). Plaintiff is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis in a separate order. For the reasons that follow, the Court orders service on defendants. DISCUSSION A. Legal Standard 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 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. See…