Owens

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KENNETH OLIVER OWENS, #0290606, Case No. 23-cv-04402-CRB (PR)

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

v.

JUDGE FOILS, et al., (ECF No. 5) Defendant(s).

Plaintiff, a pretrial detainee at the San Mateo County Jail (SMCJ) in Redwood City, California and frequent litigant in this court, has filed a pro se complaint for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging various wrongdoing by several San Mateo County Superior Court judges in front of whom he has appeared during the past few years. 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 a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The court must identify cognizable claims or dismiss the complaint, or any portion of the complaint, if the complaint “is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be…