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Parties Involved:
St. Louis County
Appellee
Albert D. Thomas
Appellant

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 13-2164

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St. Louis County

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee

v.

Albert D. Thomas

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant

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 Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis

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 Submitted: December 26, 2013

Filed: January 3, 2014

[Unpublished]

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Before WOLLMAN, BYE, and KELLY, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

Albert Thomas sought to remove to federal court, pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 1443(1), a state criminal case he alleged was pending against him in St. Louis

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County Municipal Court, Missouri. The district court summarily remanded the case, 1

and Thomas appealed.

We have authority to review the district court’s remand order. See 28 U.S.C.

§ 1447(d). We hold that the district court properly remanded the case because the

notice of removal did not comply with the procedural requirements of 28 U.S.C.

§ 1455, and did not meet the requirements for removal under 28 U.S.C. § 1443(1). 

See 28 U.S.C. § 1455(a), (b)(1), (b)(4); Johnson v. Mississippi, 421 U.S. 213, 219-20

(1975) (outlining two-prong test for removal under § 1443(1)).

Accordingly, we affirm.

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The Honorable Charles A. Shaw, United States District Judge for the Eastern 1

District of Missouri.

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