Soto

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NATHAN SOTO, No.: 1:20-cv-0587 -NONE -JLT

Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING IN FULL THE FINDINGS

AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISMISSING

v. THE ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR

LACK OF JURISDICTION

JANO MATTEO, Kern County Public Defender, (Doc. No. 3) 15 Defendant.

Plaintiff Nathan Soto initiated this action by filing a motion to proceed in forma pauperis and a complaint for violations of his civil rights against Jano Matteo, the public defender appointed to represent plaintiff in criminal proceedings pending against him in the Kern County Superior Court. (Doc. Nos. 1, 2.) The magistrate judge found that plaintiff is unable to state a claim upon which relief may be granted because his claims are intertwined with the ongoing state criminal proceedings and are barred by the Younger abstention doctrine. Therefore, the magistrate judge recommended the complaint be dismissed without prejudice due to lack of jurisdiction in this…