Court Opinion

ID: 9475035
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 05:15:36.611531+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:44:28.512898
License: Public Domain

WALLACE, Circuit Judge,
concurring:
I concur in the majority opinion except for footnote 2, in which the majority advises the district courts how best to respond to Doe pleadings in petitions for removal. Our responsibility, as I understand it, is confined to interpreting and applying the law to the issues presented to us. We do not possess a general power that authorizes us to advise the district courts which course of action they should select from among the many possible alternatives that fall within legal constraints. Such advice, in my judgment, should be given at judicial seminars and conferences. Although the advice of one or two judges is important, I believe it should not be part of a decision speaking for the entire court.