OPINION

Michael Piskanin Jr., a prisoner of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania incarcerated at SCI Cresson, has again attempted to remove his Lehigh County criminal case, which has long since concluded, 1 to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Referring to himself as a “Federal Law Enforcement Operative Contractor Employee,” or “FLEOCE,” Piskanin seeks to remove his case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1442(a)(1), which permits removal of a state “civil action or criminal prosecution” against, inter alia, “any officer ... of the United States or of any agency thereof ... for or relating to any act under color of such office.” He appeals the District Court’s denial of his removal request.

We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. As we explained to Piska-nin during his previous attempt at removal, to remove under 28 U.S.C. § 1442(a)(1), he must establish that his claims are based upon his conduct “acting under” a federal office and that “there is a causal nexus between the claims and the conduct performed under color of a federal office.” Feidt v. Owens Coming Fiberglas Corp., 153 F.3d 124, 127 (3d Cir. 1998). His “conspiratorial allegations about official retalia *93 tion against him cannot support § 1442(a)(1) removal.” Piskanin v. United States, 461 Fed.Appx. 88, 89 (3d Cir. 2012). Nor has he met the test for removal under 28 U.S.C. § 1443. See Georgia v. Rachel, 384 U.S. 780, 788, 86 S.Ct. 1783, 16 L.Ed.2d 925 (1966). To the extent that Piskanin’s filing was not a proper application for removal at all, due to the lack of a pending prosecution in state court, the District Court correctly denied it.

Because this appeal presents no substantial question, we will summarily affirm. See 3d Cir. L.A.R. 27.4; I.O.P. 10.6. Pis-kanin’s pending motions and filings, to the extent that they request independent relief, are denied.