UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 DIMITRI Z. STORM, Case No. 23-cv-00889-AMO (PR)
Plaintiff, ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH LEAVE
TO AMEND
v.
GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., Defendants.
I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Dimitri Z. Storm, a pro se state prisoner currently incarcerated at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility (“SATF”), has filed a document entitled, “Petition for Writ of Mandate.” Dkt. 1. Storm’s request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted in a separate Order. Dkt. 5. II. 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 granted, or seek monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. Id. at…