Mills

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 ERIC DAVID MILLS, Case No. 23-cv-03330-JSW

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF SERVICE

v.

CITY OF PALO ALTO, et al., Defendants.

INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, a California prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights case under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Palo Alto, the Palo Alto Police Department (“PAPD”), and five PAPD Officers. He has been granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis in a separate order. For the reasons discussed below, the complaint is ordered served on Defendants based on Plaintiff’s cognizable claims. ANALYSIS A. 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…