(PC) Tillman v. State of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM TILLMAN, No. 2:22-cv-1997-EFB (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding through counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He commenced this civil action in the Amador County Superior Court and defendant State of California removed it to federal court on November 4, 2022. Defendant State of California requests that the court screen the complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A and dismiss any claims that are frivolous, malicious, or which fail to state a cognizable claim. ECF No. 1 at 3. After reviewing the complaint pursuant to § 1915A, the court concludes that it cannot survive screening and must be dismissed with leave to amend. Jurisdiction Except where Congress otherwise dictates, a defendant may remove to federal court “any civil action brought in a State court of which the district courts of…