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Parties Involved:
Jamar Evans
Plaintiff
Mercy Medical Center
Defendant
Riggs Ambulance Service, Inc.
Defendant

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMAR EVANS, )

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Plaintiff, )

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vs. )

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RIGGS AMBULANCE SERVICE, )

INC., et al., )

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Defendant. )

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No. CV-F-06-1889 OWW/SMS 

ORDER REMANDING ACTION TO

MERCED COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT

AND DENYING APPLICATION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS 

Plaintiff, Jamar Evans, proceeding in pro per, filed an

"Amended Complaint for Personal Injury (Res Ispa Loquitur) Mercy

Medical Center for Premises Liability & Professional Negligence"

in the Merced County Superior Court, naming as defendants Riggs

Ambulance Service, Inc. and Mercy Medical Center. 

On December 27, 2006, Plaintiff filed a Notice of Removal

purporting to remove this state court action to this court. 

Plaintiff also has applied for leave to proceed in forma

pauperis.

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Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1446(a), only a defendant or

defendants may remove an action to federal court. See also

Schwarzer, Tashima & Wagstaff, California Practice Guide, Federal

Civil Procedure Before Trial, 2D-13 [2:615]. Because this action

has been improperly removed, it must be remanded to the Merced

County Superior Court. 

Because this action is not properly before this court, there

is no need to determine whether Plaintiff is entitled to proceed

in forma pauperis.

ACCORDINGLY, as set forth above:

1. This action is remanded to the Merced County Superior

Court.

2. Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis is

denied.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 4, 2007 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

668554 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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