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Rayna H. Jones, SBN 028564

OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK &

STEWART, P.C., SBN 00504800

Esplanade Center III, Suite 800

2415 East Camelback Road

Phoenix, AZ 85016

Telephone: 602.778.3700

Fax: 602.778.3750

Rayna.Jones@Ogletreedeakins.com

Attorney for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Jeffrey Steven Hyman,

Plaintiff,

v.

Liberty Mutual Group Inc.; Hewitt

Associates, LLC

Defendants.

No. CV

NOTICE OF REMOVAL

To the Clerk of the Court:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Defendants Liberty Mutual Group Inc. and Hewitt

Associates, LLC (collectively “Defendants”) hereby remove to this Court the Justice

Court action described below.

On November 2, 2015, Plaintiff Jeffrey Steven Hyman (“Plaintiff”), a pro se

litigant, filed a Complaint in the Moon Valley Justice Court, Maricopa County, Arizona.

The Complaint is captioned Jeffrey Steven Hyman v. Liberty Mutual Group, Inc. &

Hewitt Assoc., LLC, Case No. CC2015205297RC. Defendants received a copy of the

Complaint and Summons by personal service on November 20, 2015. Defendants are

filing this Notice within thirty (30) days of their receipt of these documents.

By signing below, counsel for Defendants verifies that a true and correct copy of

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the Complaint and Summons served upon them are attached hereto as Exhibit “A.” The

Complaint is the initial pleading setting forth Plaintiff’s claims for relief. No other forms

of process, pleadings, or orders have been served on Defendants in this matter.

Defendants have not yet answered the Complaint.

This is a civil action in which Plaintiff alleges that Defendants violated federal

statutes, specifically the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C.

§§ 1001 et seq. (“ERISA”), in regards to their alleged failure to properly administer the

Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (“COBRA”) benefits to

Plaintiff. Accordingly, this Court has original jurisdiction for these claims and removal is

authorized by 28 U.S.C. § 1331 and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1441, 1446.

Defendants served a copy of this Notice on Plaintiff. Defendants also filed a copy

of this Notice with the clerk of the Moon Valley Justice Court of the State of Arizona,

County of Maricopa, from where the action is being removed, pursuant to Rule 3.6(a),

Local Rules of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. A copy of the

Notice filed with the justice court clerk is attached hereto as Exhibit “B.”

This Notice is signed pursuant to Rule 11, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, as

required by Local Rule 3.6(a).

DATED this 10th day of December 2015.

OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH,

SMOAK & STEWART, P.C.

By: s/Rayna H. Jones

Rayna H. Jones

2415 East Camelback Road, Suite 800

Phoenix, Arizona 85016

Attorney for Defendants Liberty Mutual

Group Inc. and Hewitt Associates, LLC

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on the 10th day of December 2015, I electronically filed the

attached document,

and

COPY of the foregoing document

was served by first-class mail,

postage prepaid, this same day on:

Jeffrey Steven Hyman

3826 E. Lupine Ave.

Phoenix, AZ 85028

Pro Se Plaintiff

By: s/Jan Madsen

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