James G. Hamilton v. Aetna Life and Casualty Company

Plaintiff pro se James G. Hamilton, who initiated in state court, and removed to federal court, this action against defendant Aetna Life and Casualty Co. (“Aetna”) for wrongful discharge in violation of state law, appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, José A. Cabranes, Judge, now Chief Judge, remanding the action to state court. The district court, in response to a motion by Aetna to dismiss the action for lack of federal subject matter jurisdiction, entered the order of remand, stating that Hamilton had no right to remove his own action.…