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DESTFINO v. REISWIG

No. 09-16214.

630 F.3d 952 (2011)

Robert DESTFINO; Ila Destfino; Bonnie Boone; Mark Harper; Michael Tavarez; Shawn Tavarez; Peter Chis, individuals, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Effie REISWIG, individually, dba The Silver Trumpets; Rita I. Johnson, individually, aka Rita A. Johnson, dba Her Copyright; Glen Berteau; Debbie Berteau; Darryl Turner; Michael Williams; Robert Jones, aka Rob Jones; Robert Ona, aka Bob Ona; Jeremy Johnson; Assemblies of God Church, dba Calvary Temple Worship Center; Kenneth L. Reiswig, individually, aka Kenny L. Reiswig; Judith Roderick, individual; Courtesy Oldsmobile-Cadillac, Inc., dba Courtesy Automotive Center, dba Courtesy Chevrolet Cadillac Suzuki; Benjamin Wells, Defendants-Appellees, and William J. Kennedy, aka Bill Kennedy, dba American Legal Services, dba The Ear of Malchus, aka The Lost Sheep; The Ear of Malchus, a Washington corporation; Lyle E. Davies, dba Financial Wellbeing Solutions; The Lost Sheep, a Washington corporation; Danny V. Sese, individually, dba Gentry Group; Gentry Group, a Texas corporation; Jerome Webb, individual; Tony Scarlotta, aka Toni Scorlotta; John Group; Kurt F. Johnson; D. Scott Heinemann, aka Dale Scott Heinemann; New Century Mortgage Corporation; Richard Lalonde, aka Rick Lalonde; IndyMac Bank, a California corporation; Financial Title Company, a California corporation; Jeff Ault, aka Jeffrey Ault; Vick Singh; International Association of Corporation Sole; Peter Kim, dba SKM Debt Services; Susan W. Kim, dba SKM Debt Services; Jerry Cook, aka Jerome Cook; Darryl Labarthe; WB Financial; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation As Receiver for IndyMac Bank; Nichole Klausner, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 21, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Comden (argued) and I. Donald Weissman , Wasserman, Comden & Casselman, LLP, Tarzana, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

John T. Williams (argued), Sarah H. Dearing and Jason H. Nash , Hinkhouse Williams Walsh LLP, Chicago, IL; Jerome M. Varanini , Trimble, Sherinian & Varanini, Sacramento, CA; Donald K. Lupul , McFall, Burnett & Brinton, Manteca, CA; Michael A. Fluetsch , Kristina L. Fluetsch , Fluetsch & Fluetsch, Lodi, CA; Montie S. Day , Day Law Offices, Shoshone, ID, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, GLENN L. ARCHER, JR., and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

KOZINSKI, Chief Judge:

Plaintiffs sued twenty-nine individuals, ten businesses and a church in state court, alleging that defendants used a bogus debt elimination and tax avoidance scheme to bilk them out of tens of thousands of dollars. One of the defendants, Courtesy Oldsmobile-Cadillac ("Courtesy"), removed the case to federal court. Plaintiffs moved to remand to state court, arguing that Courtesy's removal was procedurally defective. While this...

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