Wyatt

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 GEORGE WYATT, Case No. 22-cv-00437-JSW

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

v.

STATE OF TEXAS, et al., Defendants.

Plaintiff, a Texas prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking release from prison. He is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis in a separate order. 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 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. Balistreri v. Pacifica Police Dep't, 901 F.2d 696, 699 (9th Cir. 1990). Plaintiff seeks a pardon, clemency, and an acquittal. …