People v. Dawodu

MEMORANDUM *

Appellant Toyin Dawodu appeals the district court’s order remanding Dawodu’s state criminal prosecution for alleged violations of California’s Financial and Penal Codes. Dawodu removed his state criminal prosecution pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1448(1), which allows removal of “civil actions or criminal prosecutions” based on allegations that state proceedings would violate certain federally protected civil rights. Dawodu’s appeal asserts that his prosecution is racially motivated and that removal is proper under the Fourteenth Amendment as well as 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1988 and 1985(8).…