Quarles
Quarles v. County of Contra Costa
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 CHRISTOPHER QUARLES, Case No. 23-cv-06636-SVK
4 Plaintiff,
ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH LEAVE
5 v. TO AMEND
6 COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, Defendant. 7
8 INTRODUCTION 9 Plaintiff, an inmate at the Contra Costa County Jail, filed this pro se civil rights complaint 10 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the County of Contra Costa.1 Plaintiff’s application to proceed in 11 forma pauperis is granted in a separate order. For the reasons explained below, the complaint is 12 dismissed with leave to amend. 13 STANDARD OF REVIEW 14 Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek 15 redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. 16 § 1915A(a). The Court must identify cognizable claims or dismiss the complaint, or any portion 17 of the complaint, if the complaint “is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which 18 relief may be granted,” or “seeks…