Opinion
6:23-cv-659-CEM-LHP
05-08-2023
KHALED ABDEL-FATTAH, Plaintiff, v. FATIMA BELAL and MOHAMED Z. DELHOUM, Defendants
ORDER
LESLIE HOFFMAN PRICE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
This cause came on for consideration without oral argument on the following motion filed herein:
MOTION: MOTION TO REMOVE CASES 226-2016-CV-00184/637 TO U.S. DISTRICT COURT OF MIDDLE DISTRICE OF FLORIDA FROM HILLSBOROUGH SOUTH SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE (Doc. No. 6)
FILED: April 30, 2023
THEREON it is ORDERED that the motion is DENIED.
Plaintiff, appearing pro se, has filed a motion to “remove cases 226-2016-CV-00184 & 226-2015-CV-00637 from Hillsborough South Superior Court of New Hampshire” pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1441. Doc. No. 6, at 1. The motion is due to be denied for failure to comply with the Local Rules, including Local Rules 1.08 and 3.01(a). The motion also does not establish entitlement to the relief sought. First, Plaintiff does not address how state court cases pending in New Hampshire could properly be removed to a federal court in the Middle District of Florida. See 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a) (permitting removal by a defendant “to the district court of the United States for the district and division embracing the place where such action is pending”). Second, Plaintiff has instituted this action by filing a complaint, and he effectively wishes to combine related state court cases with this matter by removal, without providing any legal authority demonstrating that this would be appropriate. For these reasons, the Motion (Doc. No. 6) is DENIED.