UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

TENTH CIRCUIT

TERRY FLOYD WALLING,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

vs.

STATE OF KANSAS,

Defendant - Appellee.

No. 98-3154

(	D.C. No. 98-3054-GTV)

(D. Kan.)

ORDER AND JUDGMENT*

Before PORFILIO, KELLY, and HENRY, Circuit Judges.**

Mr. Walling, an inmate appearing pro se and in forma pauperis, appeals from the district court's dismissal of his notice of removal. It appears from the record that after being denied state post-conviction relief and filing a notice of appeal, Mr. Walling sought to remove his state action to federal court. The district court dismissed the notice/action on the grounds that Mr. Walling was not a defendant that could remove under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a), see Shamrock Oil & Gas Corp. v. Sheets, 313 U.S. 100, 104-07 (1941); Conner v. Salzinger, 457 F.2d 1241, 1243 (3d Cir. 1972), nor could he remove under 28 U.S.C. § 1446(c). Merely because Mr. Walling was once a defendant in the state criminal action does not make him one for purposes of state post-conviction relief and removal. See Okot v. Callahan, 788 F.2d 631, 633 (9th Cir. 1986); Attorney General ex rel. Mertz v. Yeager, 464 F.2d 553, 554 (3d Cir. 1972).

We GRANT Mr. Walling's motion to supplement the record on appeal filed February 8, 1999. This case is legally frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii), and the appeal is hereby

DISMISSED.

Entered for the Court

Paul J. Kelly, Jr.

Circuit Judge