(PS) Williams v. State of CA Workers Compensation Appeals Board

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 APRIL PREMO WILLIAMS, No. 2:22-cv-00302 KJM AC (PS) 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER and 14 STATE OF CALIFORNIA WORKERS FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS COMPENSATION BOARD and THE 15 HOME DEPOT, 16 Defendants. 17 18 Plaintiff is proceeding in this matter pro se, and pre-trial proceedings are accordingly 19 referred to the undersigned pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(21). Home Depot’s motion to dismiss, 20 ECF No. 13, came on for hearing on November 9, 2022. Plaintiff appeared on her own behalf, 21 and Mae G. Alberto appeared on behalf of Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. ECF No. 23. For the 22 reasons that follow, the undersigned recommends this case be DISMISSED in its entirety for 23 failure to properly serve defendants. Plaintiff’s miscellaneous filings are also addressed below. 24 I. Background 25 The 43-page complaint is styled as a removal action, although the proceeding plaintiff 26 attempts to remove is not a lawsuit but a pending…