Abdel-Malak

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Case No.: 20-cv-1426-CAB-BLM

Plaintiff,

ORDER SUA SPONTE REMANDING

v. TO SAN DIEGO COUNTY

SUPERIOR COURT, CENTRAL

ABANOOB ABDEL-MALAK,

DIVISION

Defendant. 16 On July 24, 2020, Abanoob Abdel-Malak (“Abdel-Malak”), proceeding pro se, filed a Notice of Removal pursuant to 28 USC § 1455, seeking to remove criminal proceedings currently pending in the San Diego Superior Court, Case No. M268212DV. [Doc. No. 1 at 8.] Abdel-Malak has also filed motions to proceed in forma pauperis and to appoint counsel. [Doc. Nos. 2, 3.] In the notice of removal Abdel-Malak states that he has not yet been notified or served with the criminal complaint, but upon doing research in relation to his previously filed case in this court, Case No. 20-cv-1035-CAB-JLB1, he noticed an action was docketed

26 1 On June 8, 2020, this Court sua sponte dismissed Plaintiff Abanoob Abdel-Malak’s complaint in…