Smiley

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 JEREMY JEROME SMILEY, Case No. 23-cv-03617-PCP

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT

9 v. WITH LEAVE TO AMEND, AND

GRANTING MOTION TO PROCEED

10 CHRISTINA CORPUS, et al., IN FORMA PAUPERIS 11 Defendants. Docket No. 2

12 13 Jeremy Smiley, an inmate at California State Prison - Solano, filed this pro se civil rights 14 action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, regarding events which occurred while Mr. Smiley was 15 incarcerated at the Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City, California. The Complaint is 16 now before the Court for review under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. 17 The Complaint is dismissed because Mr. Smiley failed to state a claim. Mr. Smiley may 18 amend his Complaint if he is able truthfully to allege a cognizable claim. 19 I. Legal Standard 20 Federal courts must screen any case in which a prisoner seeks redress from a governmental 21 entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The court must 22 …