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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

Plaintiff,

 v.

ENRIQUE SOLIS ALVAREZ,

Defendant. /

No. C 10-02748 SI

ORDER REMANDING ACTION TO

MARIN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT

On July 9, 2010, the Court issued an order directing defendant Enrique Solis Alvarez to show

cause why this action should not be remanded back to the Superior Court for the County of Marin

for lack of federal jurisdiction. In that order, the Court noted that although Mr. Solis Alvarez

purported to remove his state criminal case to this Court under 28 U.S.C. § 1443, he had failed to

identify how removal under that provision was proper or to set forth any basis for federal

jurisdiction over this action. In his response to the Order to Show Cause, Mr. Solis Alvarez fails to

explain why removal was proper or this Court has jurisdiction. He argues that the Marin County

District Attorney has failed to provide him with a bill of particulars detailing the charges against

him, that the state court lacks jurisdiction over him, and that he will be deprived of his First

Amendment rights and his right to trial by jury in state court because the state trial judge has refused

to permit him to be represented by a non-attorney friend or to proceed pro se without undergoing a

competency hearing. 

Resolution of Mr. Solis Alvarez’s first argument, regarding the bill of particulars, is within

the discretion of the state court. Neither that argument, no\r his unsupported second argument

regarding the state court’s supposed lack of jurisdiction, provides a basis for removal to this Court. 

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 Additionally, it is apparent to the Court that Mr. Solis Alvarez’s filings have been drafted by

his “non-attorney friend,” William Henshall. The Court is well-acquainted with Mr. Henshall, who filed

a series of non-meritorious actions in this Court between 2007 and 2009 and was eventually declared

a vexatious litigant in December 2009. See Henshall v. Central Parking, Inc., No. 09-4481 SI (Docket

No. 45). Since the vexatious litigant order was entered, Mr. Henshall has ghostwritten pleadings in at

least one other case of which the Court is aware, Lopez v. HMS Host, No. 09-4930 SI. 

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Mr. Solis Alvarez’s First Amendment and jury trial arguments also do not justify removal. The

Court has already held that Mr. Solis Alvarez’s contentions with respect to self-representation are

insufficient to support removal, and Mr. Solis Alvarez has failed to identify the source of any federal

right to be represented in court by a non-attorney friend.1

For the foregoing reasons, this action is hereby REMANDED to the Superior Court for the

County of Marin for lack of federal jurisdiction. The clerk is directed to close the case and Mr. Solis

Alvarez is instructed that no further filings will be accepted in this closed action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 21, 2010 

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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