Macomber

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MATTHEW B. CRAMER, Case No. 2:25-cv-1729-TLN-JDP (P) Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS MACOMBER, et al., Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, brought this action in state court, and defendants have removed it to this district. ECF No. 1. Such removed complaints are still subject to screening. See Walker v. Departmental Review Bd., No. 2:17-cv-02191-AC-P, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 176242, 2017 WL 11517550 *1 (E.D. Cal. Oct. 24, 2017) (“The screening obligation applies where a complaint is removed from state court.”). In my previous screening order, I found the complaint deficient because it failed to meet federal pleading standards. ECF No. 11. Plaintiff has filed an amended complaint, ECF No. 13, that suffers from the same deficiencies. Accordingly, I recommend that this action be dismissed for failure to state a cognizable claim.

1 Plaintiff has filed two motions to proceed in forma pauperis on…