United States Ninth Circuit

For purposes of the timeliness of a removal motion, a federal officer defendant's thirty days to remove commence when the plaintiff discloses sufficient facts for federal officer removal, even if the officer was previously aware of a different basis for removal.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/20/2005
• Decided 04/26/2006
• Published 04/26/2006

Judges

• KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge., Before KOZINSKI and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges, and TERRY J. HATTER, JR., District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Robert W. Loewen, Sarah M. Schlosser, Andrea E. Neuman, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Irvine, CA;  Charles H. Haake, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Washington, DC;  Steven E. Knott, Guy P. Glazier, Knott & Glazier LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Gilbert L. Purcell, Alan R. Brayton, Lloyd F. Leroy, David L. Fiol, Brayton Purcell, Novato, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.