Brown
(PS) Narayan v. Brown
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PRAKASH NARAYAN, No. 2:21-cv-02385-DAD-JDP Plaintiff, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISMISSING
BROWN, et al., THIS ACTION Defendants. (Doc. No. 8) 16 Plaintiff Prakash Narayan, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, initiated this civil action on December 21, 2021. (Doc. No. 1.) This matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On March 28, 2023, the assigned magistrate judge screened plaintiff’s complaint and issued findings and recommendations recommending that this action be dismissed, without leave to amend, because plaintiff failed to state a cognizable claim and this court does not have jurisdiction over plaintiff’s claims. (Doc. No. 8 at 3–5.) Specifically, the magistrate judge explained that under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, this court does not have jurisdiction to review state court…