(PC) Phillips v. State of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHRISTY PHILLIPS, No. 2:24-cv-3378 CSK P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding through counsel. Plaintiff’s motion to remand is before the Court. As set forth below, the Court recommends that plaintiff’s unopposed motion to remand be granted.1 I. BACKGROUND This action was originally filed in the Sacramento County Superior Court, Christy Phillips v. State of California, No. 24-cv-018638; the original complaint raised claims for relief under the Eighth Amendment and California state law. (ECF No. 1 at 7-30.) On December 3, 2024, the State of California and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) filed a notice of removal under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a). (Id. at 1-3.) In their notice of removal, such defendants noted that originally named Central California Women’s Facility is not a…