Barth

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL DOUGLAS TAYLOR, No. 2:23-cv-1736 AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

SHAWN BARTH, et al.,

Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a putative civil rights action. On August 16, 2023, plaintiff filed a notice of removal under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1441(a) and 1446 in which he seeks to remove the civil action he originally filed in the San Joaquin County Superior Court to this court. ECF No. 1. The removal statute provides that [e]xcept as otherwise expressly provided by Act of Congress, any civil action brought in a State court of which the district courts of the United States have original jurisdiction, may be removed by the defendant or the defendants, to the district court of the United States for the district and division embracing the place where such action is pending. 25 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a) (emphasis added). Section 1446, which outlines…