Stevens

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DEAN M. STEVENS,

Case No. 21-cv-05531 EJD (PR) Plaintiff, ORDER OF SERVICE OF THIRD

AMENDED COMPLAINT;

v. DIRECTING DEFENDANTS TO

FILE DISPOSITIVE MOTION OR

NOTICE REGARDING SUCH GOV. GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., MOTION; INSTRUCTIONS TO CLERK Defendants.

14 Plaintiff, a California inmate, filed the instant pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Court dismissed Plaintiff’s second amended complaints with leave to amend to correct various deficiencies. Dkt. No. 40. Plaintiff’s third amended complaint (“TAC”) is before the Court for an initial review. Dkt. No. 46. DISCUSSION A. Standard of Review A federal court must conduct a preliminary screening in any case in which a prisoner seeks redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. …