Collins

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JASON S. HARPER, No. 2:22-cv-0738 AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER JASON COLLINS, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On April 29, 2022, defendants California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Office of Appeals, Allison, Sherman, Gipson, Mercado, Collins, Alford, Cisneros- Vasquez, Quinnonez, Armenta, Macias, Sanchez, Aguwa, Escobedo, Esparza, Morales, Dela Cruz, Williams, and Torres filed a notice of removal under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a). ECF No. 1 at 1- 3. The complaint alleges violations of plaintiff’s rights under the First, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments. Id. at 5-26. Defendants have all consented to removal and assert that they were served on April 1, 2022. Id. at 1-2. The action was therefore removed within thirty days of service, as required under 28 U.S.C. § 1446(b). Section 1441(a) provides…