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FENTON v. DUDLEY

No. 14-1067.

761 F.3d 770 (2014)

Ernest B. FENTON and Law Office of Ernest B. Fenton, P.C., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Kelli DUDLEY; Law Office of Kelli Dudley; Andrew Sidea; and Law Office of Andrew Sidea, P.C., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 1, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest B. Fenton, Attorney, Homewood, IL, pro se.

Robert Brand Newman , Attorney, Newman & Meeks, Cincinnati, OH, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before FLAUM, MANION, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

This appeal concerns the conditions under which a defendant may remove a case to federal court pursuant to the civil rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1443. We conclude that § 1443 was not satisfied in this case, and therefore affirm the district court's remand order.

I. Background

In 2010, Tonya Davis retained Ernest Fenton to represent her in connection with a home foreclosure proceeding. Davis later sued Fenton...

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