Lopez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ALEX LOPEZ, Case No. 21-cv-04976-JSW

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF SERVICE; DENYING

v. MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF

COUNSEL

K. ALLISON,

Defendant.

12 INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, a California prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights case under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against prison officials for violating his constitutional rights at San Quentin State Prison. Leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted in a separate order. For the reasons discussed below, the complaint is ordered served on Defendants. ANALYSIS A. 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). 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…