Alexander-Campos
Alexander-Campos v. Reinke
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ROBERT J. ALEXANDER-CAMPOS, Case No. 22-cv-05253-PJH
Plaintiff,
ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT
v. WITH LEAVE TO AMEND
BENJERMIN REINKE, et al., Defendants.
12 Plaintiff, a former detainee, filed a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The original complaint was dismissed with leave to amend and plaintiff filed an amended complaint. DISCUSSION 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 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. …