Casteel
Casteel v. Kinnison
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 CARLOS LEVELT CASTEEL, Case No. 1:20-cv-00220-NONE-EPG 11 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
RECOMMENDING THAT THIS ACTION
v. BE DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE
(ECF No. 1)
DANA KINNISON,
15 Defendant. OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN TWENTY-ONE (21) DAYS
17 Plaintiff, Carlos Levelt Casteel, appearing pro se and in forma pauperis, commenced 18 this action on February 12, 2020. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff asks for this Court to relieve him of his 19 appointed counsel in an ongoing case pending in Kern County Superior Court. 20 For the reasons described below, the Court recommends that Plaintiff’s claim be 21 dismissed with prejudice because this Court cannot grant Plaintiff the relief he requests. 22 Plaintiff has twenty-one days to file objections to these findings and recommendations.
I. SCREENING REQUIREMENT
24 Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2), in any case in which a plaintiff is proceeding in forma 25 pauperis, the Court must conduct a review of the…