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Parties Involved:
Phillip H. Beck
Defendant
Lanell Martin
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LANELL MARTIN, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

PHILLIP H. BECK, 

Defendant. 

No. 2: 14-cv-2956 KJM KJN P 

ORDER 

 On February 24, 2015, plaintiff filed a request for reconsideration of the magistrate 

judge’s order filed February 5, 2015, denying plaintiff’s request for removal. Under E.D. Local 

Rule 303(f), a magistrate judge’s orders shall be upheld unless “clearly erroneous or contrary to 

law.” Id. Upon review of the entire file, the court finds the magistrate judge’s ruling is not 

clearly erroneous or contrary to law.1

 Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, upon reconsideration, the order of the 

magistrate judge filed February 5, 2015, is affirmed. 

DATED: April 28, 2015. 

 

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 The magistrate judge’s order correctly finds that only defendants are authorized to remove 

actions to federal court. See Order filed February 5, 2015, at 5. The court notes that removal of a 

state court action to federal court is accomplished by filing a notice of removal. See 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1446(a). 

Case 2:14-cv-02956-KJM-KJN Document 28 Filed 04/28/15 Page 1 of 1