GLD-269 NOT PRECEDENTIAL

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

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No. 13-1774

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DR. CHANDAN S. VORA,

 Appellant

v.

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

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On Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Pennsylvania

(D.C. Civil No. 3-12-cv-00151)

District Judge: Honorable Gustave Diamond

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Submitted for Possible Summary Action Pursuant to 

Third Circuit LAR 27.4 and I.O.P. 10.6

June 6, 2013

Before: FUENTES, FISHER and VANASKIE, Circuit Judges

(Opinion filed: June 12, 2013)

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OPINION

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PER CURIAM

Chandan S. Vora, proceeding pro se, appeals from the District Court’s orders 

dismissing her notice of removal and denying her motions for reconsideration. For the 

reasons that follow, we will summarily affirm.
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I.

In August 2012, Vora filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis and a proposed 

“notice of removal” of criminal charges filed against her by the City of Johnstown, 

Pennsylvania, for trespassing. (Dkt. No. 7, pp. 15-17.) On September 4, 2012, the 

District Court dismissed the notice of removal for lack of jurisdiction and for failure to 

state a claim upon which relief could be granted, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 

1915(e)(2)(B)(ii). (Dkt. No. 6, p. 3.) Her motions for release, an injunction, and to 

vacate were denied as moot. (Id.) Vora then filed, on September 12, 2012, a motion for 

preliminary injunction, followed by motions to extend time, supplement, and stay. (Dkt. 

Nos. 9, 11-13, 15.) The District Court construed all of those motions as requesting 

reconsideration and denied them on February 19, 2013. Vora filed a notice of appeal on 

March 18, 2013. 

II.

Vora appeals from the District Court’s order dismissing her notice of removal and 

its order denying reconsideration. The District Court dismissed Vora’s notice of removal 

on September 4, 2012. She then filed a motion for reconsideration within the requisite 

twenty-eight day time period, thereby tolling the time for filing an appeal. See Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 59(e); Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(4)(A)(iv). The District Court denied reconsideration 

on February 19, 2013, and Vora timely appealed. Therefore, we have jurisdiction under 

28 U.S.C. § 1291 to review both orders of the District Court.

We conclude that the District Court properly dismissed Vora’s notice of removal, 

which was presumably made under the civil rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1443. 
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She alleged that the state criminal case against her was the result of racial discrimination 

by the police and other public officials in Johnstown. The civil rights removal statute 

applies only to the removal of state court proceedings, not to the mere filing of criminal 

charges. Id.; see also 28 U.S.C. § 1447(a). Even if we assume that the civil rights 

removal statute applies to the matter that Vora seeks to remove, her unsupported 

allegations do not meet the specific criterion for § 1443 removal. See City of Greenwood 

v. Peacock, 384 U.S. 808, 827 (1966); Davis v. Glanton, 107 F.3d 1044, 1048-49 (3d Cir. 

1997). 

We also conclude that the District Court did not abuse its discretion in denying 

Vora’s motions for reconsideration. See Lazaridis v. Wehmer, 591 F.3d 666, 669 (3d 

Cir. 2010). A motion for reconsideration is a limited vehicle used “to correct manifest 

errors of law or fact or to present newly discovered evidence.” Max’s Seafood Café ex 

rel. Lou-Ann, Inc. v. Quinteros, 176 F.3d 669, 677 (3d Cir. 1999) (citation omitted). A 

judgment may be altered or amended if the party seeking reconsideration shows one of 

three grounds: (1) an intervening change in the law; (2) the availability of new evidence; 

or (3) the need to correct a clear error of law or prevent manifest injustice. Id. Vora did 

not identify any of these factors in her motions, wherein she merely rehashed arguments 

that were presented in her previous filings. 

III.

There being no substantial question presented on appeal, we will summarily affirm

the judgment of the District Court. 3d Cir. LAR 27.4 and I.O.P. 10.6.