Flournoy

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 JAMES HENRY FLOURNOY, P00154293, Case No. 23-cv-02883-CRB (PR)

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

v. (ECF No. 1-6) PAUL HAAKENSON, Judge, et al., Defendant(s).

Plaintiff, a pretrial detainee at the Marin County Jail (MCJ) facing state criminal charges in Marin County Superior Court, and a frequent litigant in federal court, has filed a pro se complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Marin County Superior Court Judge Paul Haakenson. Plaintiff alleges that Judge Haakenson, who is presiding over the current state criminal case against plaintiff and presided over a prior state criminal case against plaintiff in 2021, has violated plaintiff’s federal rights throughout his “discriminative prosecution[s]” of plaintiff. ECF No. 1-6 (Compl.) at 3. DISCUSSION 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…