Jerry Walker v. State of Georgia

GRIFFIN B. BELL, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves an effort to remove two state indictments for assault to the District Court under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1443(1). The removal petitions allege that appellant sought a federal forum to protect rights secured by Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 42 U.S.C.A. § 2000a et seq. The specific civil right involved in each petition is that of equal access to a place of public accommodation, and specifically a drive-in restaurant in Thomaston, Georgia. Each petition alleged a valid removal case under the teachings of Georgia v. Rachel, 1966, 384 U.S.…