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Parties Involved:
City of South San Francisco Police Department
Defendant
Jackiejo Lopez
Plaintiff

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JACKIEJO LOPEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO 

POLICE DEPARTMENT,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-02569-SI 

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S 

MOTION FOR REMAND AND 

REMANDING CASE TO SAN MATEO 

COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT

Re: Dkt. No. 8

On June 9, 2015, pro se plaintiff Jackiejo Lopez removed this case from the Superior Court 

for the County of San Mateo. The complaint was originally filed on January 11, 2013. Dkt. 1, Ex 

A. On July 9, 2015, specially appearing defendant City of South San Francisco filed a motion for 

immediate remand on the ground that the removal is defective because a plaintiff may not remove 

a case from state court. 

The Court agrees with defendant that removal was improper. The removal statute 

provides, "[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 the defendants, to the district court of the United States for the 

district and division embracing the place where such action is pending." 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a)

(emphasis added); see also Shamrock Oil & Gas Corp. v. Sheets, 313 U.S. 100, 105-06 (1941) 

(interpreting language allowing a case to be removed “by the defendant or defendants” in former 

removal statute 28 U.S.C. § 71 as precluding a plaintiff/cross-defendant from removing an action 

on the basis of a counterclaim).

Accordingly, the Court GRANTS defendant's motion and REMANDS this case to the San 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

Mateo County Superior Court. All other pending motions are DENIED AS MOOT.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 29, 2015

________________________

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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