Legal Opinion
Bruning v. City of Guthrie
District Court, W.D. Oklahoma
Decided April 21, 2015No. CIV-15-0003-HEPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JOE HEATON, District Judge.
Plaintiff Mark Bruning has moved to remand this case to state court. He argues the removal was procedurally improper because all defendants did not manifest their consent to it, either by joining in the notice of removal or by filing a separate document explicitly stating the consent. The motion is fully briefed and at issue.
Background
Plaintiff filed this case in state district court, alleging that nine defendants violated his constitutional and other rights. Six of those defendants (the “removing defendants”), all represented by the same counsel, filed a…
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