Legal Opinion
Fitzgerald v. Celergy Networks Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 6, 2003No. 02-55712; D.C. No. CV-01-10279-TJHPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM**
Defendants-Appellants Art Cormier and Celergy Networks, Inc. appeal the district court’s order granting Plaintiff-Appellee Sean Fitzgerald attorney fees pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c) because of an improper removal by Defendants of Fitzgerald’s state court claims to the federal district court. We affirm.
This Court is precluded by 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d) from directly reviewing a district court’s decision to remand a case back to the state court. Balcorta v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., 208 F.3d 1102, 1105 (9th Cir.2000). Nevertheless, we still have jurisdiction to review the…
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