Mackey

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 VINCENT ROBERT MACKEY, Case No. 22-cv-05016-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF SERVICE

v.

RAMIREZ BATILE, et al., Defendants.

INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, a California prisoner proceeding without an attorney, filed this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against officials at San Quentin State Prison. Plaintiff has been granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis in a separate order. For the reasons discussed below, the complaint is ordered served upon Defendants. 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). The Court must identify cognizable claims or dismiss the complaint, or any portion of 20 the complaint, if the complaint “is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief 21 may be granted,” or “seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is…