Kerns

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JAMES R. KERNS, Case No. 22-cv-06979-TLT

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF SERVICE

v.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., 11 Defendants.

12 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 arising out of an attack against him by another prisoner at the Correctional Training Facility (CTF). For the reasons stated below, the complaint is ordered served on the two individual defendants. Plaintiff will be granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis by separate order. DISCUSSION 1. Standard of Review Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek redress from a governmental entity, or from an 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…