Legal Opinion
State of Iowa v. Johnson
District Court, N.D. Iowa
Decided August 25, 1997No. C 97-3076-MWBPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER FOR REMAND TO STATE COURT
BENNETT, District Judge.
Various kinds of actions instituted in state court — even some criminal prosecutions — are removable to federal court. The pro se defendants in this state criminal trespass action assert that this action is one such case, because they fervently believe that their civil rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution have been violated in the course of their prosecution. A federal statute dictates that this court must make a prompt determination of whether this action falls within one of the limited categories of removable criminal…
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