Allen v. Federal Deposit Insurance

OPINION

McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves the straightforward construction of a statute that gives the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) the right to remove actions from state court to federal court:

the Corporation may, without bond or security, remove any action, suit, or proceeding from a State court to the appropriate United States district court before the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date the action, suit, or proceeding is filed against the Corporation or the Corporation is substituted as a party.

12 U.S.C. § 1819(b)(2)(B). The statute and its timeline…