Swinton
Swinton v. Department of Justice
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 MALIK HALEEM SWINTON, Case No. 22-cv-04276-JST
8 Plaintiff,
ORDER DISMISSING AMENDED
9 v. COMPLAINT WITH LEAVE TO
AMEND; DENYING AS MOOT
10 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, et al., MOTIONS TO DISMISS 11 Defendants. Re: ECF Nos. 50, 51
12 13 Plaintiff has filed a pro se action against defendants Geo Group Inc. and the United States 14 of America. His amended complaint (ECF No. 49) is now before the Court for review pursuant to 15 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. For the reasons set forth below, the Court screens the amended complaint; 16 DISMISSES the amended complaint with leave to amend; and DENIES as moot the motions to 17 dismiss filed by the United States of America and GEO Group, ECF Nos. 50, 51 18 DISCUSSION 19 A. Screening Obligation 20 A federal court must conduct a preliminary screening in any case in which a prisoner seeks 21 redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. See 28 U.S.C. 22 …