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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MYCHAEL TYRONE SHANNON, No. 2:17-CV-1084-JAM-CMK-P

Plaintiff, 

vs. ORDER

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTIONS AND

REHABILITATION,

Defendant.

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Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 

42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court is plaintiff’s motion to remand (Doc. 8). 

This matter was initially filed in the Sacramento County Superior Court and

removed to this court by defendants pursuant to this court’s federal question jurisdiction because

plaintiff’s complaint raises federal constitutional claims. Plaintiff seeks remand back to state

court arguing that his complaint contains no federal questions. Plaintiff’s motion is denied

because, as alleged in both the complaint and motion to remand, plaintiff raises a federal equal

protection claim over which this court has jurisdiction. Specifically, plaintiff claims that he was

denied equal protection because female prisoners are allowed to buy clocks with alarms but male

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prisoners are not. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: March 30, 2018

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CRAIG M. KELLISON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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