Taylor

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CODY R. TAYLOR, Case No. 23-cv-00814-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF SERVICE

v.

R. WATERS, et al., Defendants.

INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, a California prisoner proceeding without an attorney, filed this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The complaint (ECF No. 1) names five officials at Pelican Bay State Prison (“PBSP”), where Plaintiff is incarcerated, as Defendants. Leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted in a separate order. For the reasons discussed below, the complaint is ordered served on the five Defendants based upon claims that are capable of being judicially heard and decided. 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. § 21 1915A(a). The Court must identify claims that are capable of being judicially heard and decided 22 or dismiss the…