Provost

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 STEVEN PROVOST, Case No. 23-cv-01520-WHO (PR)

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

v.

SAN BRUNO COUNTY JAIL NURSE, et al., 11 Defendants.

12 INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Steven Provost alleges that unnamed nurses failed to provide him with proper medical care, and in an unrelated claim, that his public defender was incompetent at trial. His 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint containing these allegations is now before me for review pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). Provost concedes that his claims against the unnamed nurses are unexhausted; they must be DISMISSED for that reason. And public defenders cannot be held liable under section 1983 for their actions as public defenders, so his claim against his public defender is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. 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…