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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

- TENTH CIRCUIT 

HARRY ADDISON WOLFENBARGER, JR., ) 

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Plaintiff-Appellant, ) 

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. FILED 

Unned Srares Courr of Appeals 

Tenth Circuit 

JUL 10 199 

&OBERT L HOECKER 

Clerk 

V • ) 

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THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL ) 

No. 89-3248 

(D.C. #89-1057A) 

AND REHABILITATION SERVICES, ) 

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Defendant-Appellee. ) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT 

Before LOGAN, SEYMOUR, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges. 

This matter comes on for consideration of appellant's motion 

to reverse the dismissal of the captioned case, which the court 

construes as a petition for rehearing. Upon consideration 

whereof, the petition is granted. The mandate in the captioned 

case is recalled. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The cause is therefore ordered 

submitted without oral argument. 

Harry Addison Wolfenbarger, Jr., filed a petition to remove a 

Kansas Court of Appeals case to federal court. He has requested 

removal under 28 u.s.c. §§ 1441 and 1443 (1988). 

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An action originally brought in state court and of which the 

. federal district .courts have original jurisdiction "may be removed 

by the defendant or defendants." 28 u.s.c. § 1441 (emphasis 

added); see also 28 U.S.C. § 1443 ("the following civil actions 

... may be removed _by the defendant .... ") (emphasis added). 

Although the record in this case fails to provide us with 

information about the state court proceedings and thus is somewhat 

incomplete, all papers filed by Wolfenbarger here show him to be 

the plaintiff in the suit he seeks to remove. Wolfenbarger, as 

plaintiff, cannot remove the case to federal court. See generally 

Shamrock Oil & Gas Corp. v. Sheets, 313 U.S. 100 (1941). 

Because Wolfenbarger has made no rational argument in support 

of the issues raised on appeal, see Coppedge v. United States, 369 

U.S. 438 (1962), we deny his motion to proceed in forma pauperis. 

The mandate shall reissue forthwith. 

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Entered for the Court 

Stephanie K. Seymour 

Circuit Judge 

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