Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Henneghan
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 28, 2012No. Civil Action No. 2012-1023Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ANNETTE LOUISE JOHNSON Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 12-1023 (JDB) GERALD HENNEGHAN, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Defendant, proceeding pro se, seeks removal of this action. For the reasons explained below, the case will be dismissed and remanded to the Superior Court for the District of Columbia. The removal statute authorizes a defendant to remove “a civil action brought in a State court of which the district courts of the United States have original jurisdiction[.]” 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a). Defendant bears the burden of…
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