Pittman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 RANDY DEWAYNE PITTMAN, Case No. 22-cv-07143-JSW

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

v.

ROBERT DAVID REES, et al., Defendants.

Plaintiff, an inmate in the Santa Rita County Jail, has filed a pro se civil rights action against the United States Attorney General, several Assistant United States Attorneys, and officials in the United States Marshal’s Service and Bureau of Prisons seeking placement in the federal witness protection program. This complaint is duplicative of the allegations and request for relief in a motion now pending in another civil rights action in which Plaintiff seeks placement in a federal witness protection program. See Pittman v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al., No. C 22-3806 VKD (PR) (ECF No. 20). 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…