(PC) Pangborn v. Lynch

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAVID JAMES PANGBORN, No. 2:23-cv-0825 AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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JEFF LYNCH, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law. I. Removal Plaintiff initiated this action in state court. On May 3, 2023, defendants Lynch and Collinsworth filed a notice of removal under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a). ECF No. 1. They subsequently requested screening of the instant petition pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). ECF No. 3. In addition to state tort claims, the complaint asserts claims of retaliation, failure to protect, and “civil rights violation[s].” ECF No. 1-2 at 3-5; ECF No. 1-3 at 1. Defendants Lynch and Collinsworth have consented to removal, and the action was removed within thirty days of //// //// service on the last-served defendant,1 as required…