Sayres

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TADASHI SAYRES, Case No. 24-cv-00330-TLT

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF SERVICE

v.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., Defendants.

12 Plaintiff, a California prisoner, filed the instant pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. ECF 1. For the reasons explained below, the complaint is ordered served upon defendants. Plaintiff will be granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis by separate order. STANDARD OF REVIEW Federal courts must 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). The Court must identify cognizable claims or dismiss the complaint, or any portion of the complaint, if the complaint “is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted,” or “seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief.” Id. § 1915A(b). Pro se pleadings must be liberally…