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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

HILLSIDE APARTMENTS, LLC, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

HEATHER L. POTTER, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:20-cv-00225-KJM-DB 

ORDER 

 On January 30, 2020, defendant Heather L. Potter filed with this court a Notice of 

Removal of Sacramento County Superior Court Case No. 19UD05569. ECF No. 1. 

 A defendant must file a notice of removal within 30 days after the defendant 

receives a copy of the state court complaint or is served, whichever occurs first. 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1446(b)(1). The burden of demonstrating compliance with this procedural requirement is on the 

removing defendant. Riggs v. Plaid Pantries, Inc., 233 F. Supp. 2d 1260, 1264 (D. Ore. 2001). 

 Here, defendant’s notice states, “On or about December 26, 2019, Plaintiff served 

on Defendant in accordance with California Laws, therefore time for Defendant to file notice of 

removal under 28 U.S.C. *1446(b) has not yet expired.” Notice of Removal, ECF No. 1 at 2 

(verbatim). The same Notice of Removal is dated 1/30/2020. Id. at 4. 

 Despite defendant’s conclusion that her time to remove has not yet expired, these 

dates plainly show the opposite—the January 30, 2020 date of filing of the notice is more than 

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thirty days past the alleged date of service on December 26, 2019. Therefore, the court remands 

the case to Sacramento County Superior Court for further proceedings. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: February 4, 2020. 

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