(PC) Cramer v. Lynch

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MATTHEW B. CRAMER, No. 2:19-cv-2481 AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE JEFF LYNCH, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, filed this lawsuit in the Superior Court for Sacramento County. Defendants Lynch and Jubb appeared, and removed the case to this court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1441. ECF No. 1. For the reasons that follow, defendants are ordered to show cause why the case should not be remanded to state court. I. Legal Standards Governing Removal and Remand A defendant sued in state court may remove to the appropriate federal district court any civil action over which the district courts have original jurisdiction. See 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a). Federal district courts have original jurisdiction, in pertinent part, over “civil actions arising under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States.” 28 U.S.C. § 1331. “The general rule governing removal of actions from the state court to…