Haines

I. INTRODUCTION

13 This suit was reassigned from a magistrate judge to the undersigned in light of Ninth 14 Circuit authority.1 Plaintiff Joey L. Haines, who is in custody at the Santa Rita Jail (“SRJ”), filed 15 the present pro se prisoner complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 16 The Court now conducts its initial review of the complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. 17 Venue is proper because the events giving rise to Haines’s claims in his complaint are alleged to 18 have occurred at SRJ, which is located in this judicial district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). 19

II. DISCUSSION

20 A. Standard of Review 21 A federal court must engage in a preliminary screening of any case in which a prisoner 22 seeks redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. See 28 23 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The court must identify any cognizable claims, and dismiss any claims which 24 are frivolous, malicious, fail to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or seek monetary 25 relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(1),(2). Pro se 26

27 1 Williams v. King, 875 F.3d 500, 503 (9th Cir. 2017) (concluding that magistrate…