Patterson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 NORMAN EUGENE PATTERSON, Case No. 21-cv-07391-KAW (PR)

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF SERVICE

v.

G. MATTESON, Defendant.

12 Plaintiff Norman Eugene Patterson, a state prisoner incarcerated at the California State Prison in Solano, has filed a pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that California Penal Code § 3501(h) violates his Equal Protection rights under the Fourteenth Amendment. Plaintiff has consented to the jurisdiction of the undersigned United States Magistrate Judge over this action. Plaintiff has filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”), which is granted in a separate order. The Court now addresses the claim asserted in Plaintiff’s complaint. DISCUSSION I. Standard of Review 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. 28 U.S.C.…