Court Opinion

ID: 9457290
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 20:17:56.896646+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:35:17.603114
License: Public Domain

BUTZNER, Circuit Judge
(concurring) :
I concur in Part I of the court’s opinion, but with deference I suggest that the test for removability is an amalgam of status and conduct. The crucial inquiry is whether the state recognizes Moore’s right to accommodation under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or treats him as an intruder. The distinction is vital to a plea of self-defense. Cf. Wyche v. Louisiana, 394 F.2d 927 (5th Cir. 1967). However, in the absence of an allegation in the removal petition that because of race South Carolina will deny Moore the status of a business invitee in weighing his plea of self-defense, I join in the opinion of the court.
I fully concur in Part II. This case is one of many that illustrates the desirability of a statute or an amendment to the Rules of Criminal Procedure that will reasonably limit the time in which a petition for removal may be filed.