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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EUREKA DIVISION

DAVID SCOTT HARRISON,

Plaintiff,

v.

S. KERNAN, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-07103-NJV (NJV)

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S 

OPPOSITION TO NOTICE OF 

REMOVAL

Re: Dkt. No. 8

This case was originally filed in California Superior Court for the County of Marin. It was 

removed to this court on December 13, 2016. (Doc. 1.) On December 22, 2016, Plaintiff filed an 

"opposition" to the removal, which the court will construe as a motion for remand. (Doc. 8.)

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 1441, "[e]xcept as otherwise expressly provided by Act of 

Congress, any civil action brought in a State Court of which the district courts of the United States 

have original jurisdiction, may be removed by the defendant or defendants, to the district court of 

the United States for the district and division embracing the place where the action is pending."

The district courts of the United States have original jurisdiction over "all civil actions 

arising under the Constitution, laws or treaties of the United States." The complaint in the present 

case alleges that Defendants "have , and continue, to violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 

Fourteenth Amendment, of the United States Constitution." (Doc. 1-1.) This action therefore 

arises under the Constitution of the United States and this court has original jurisdiction over the 

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action. The removal was proper, and Plaintiff's opposition, is THEREFORE DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 20, 2017

______________________________________

NANDOR J. VADAS

United States Magistrate Judge

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