Belton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DWIGHT CLAYTON BELTON, Case No. 24-cv-00380-JD

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE SERVICE AND

v. PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

ALAMEDA COUNTY SHERIFF'S Re: Dkt. No. 8 DEPARTMENT, et al., 11 Defendants.

12 Plaintiff, a pretrial detainee, filed a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and a motion for a preliminary injunction. He has been granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis. DISCUSSION STANDARD OF REVIEW Federal courts 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 1915A(b)(1),(2). Pro se pleadings must be…