Authorities Cited: United States Code 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a) 28 U.S.C. § 1441 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Supreme Court 311 U.S. 223, 237 Circuit Courts 575 F.2d 530, 536-537 706 F.2d 15, 16-17 748 F.2d 47, 48 751 F.2d 56, 58 819 F.2d 12 820 F.2d 916, 919 838 F.2d 298, 299 862 F.2d 944, 946 880 F.2d 1291, 1296 916 F.2d 731, 734-735 944 F.2d 23 959 F.2d 368, 373 962 F.2d 77, 91 963 F.2d 488, 493 37 F.3d 731, 736 81 F.3d 1148, 1151 120 F.3d 657, 659 210 F.3d 56, 60 324 F.3d 12, 14 404 F.3d 556, 559 446 F.3d 178, 183-184 452 F.3d 8, 16 465 F.3d 24, 27 524 F.3d 15, 18 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) 533 F. Supp. 2d 218, 221-222 586 F. Supp. 280, 283 623 F. Supp. 1466, 1473 659 F. Supp. 1258, 1265 813 F. Supp. 100, 111-112 957 F. Supp. 525, 528 970 F. Supp. 1289, 1303

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