Mamboleo v. Wells Fargo Bank NA et al
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ORDER denying 17 Plaintiff's Motion to Remand to State Court and denying 24 Plaintiff's Motion to Stay this action pending a ruling on the motion to remand. Signed by Judge David G Campbell on 5/21/14.(LSP)
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA
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Elie K. Mamboleo,
No. CV-14-00648-PHX-DGC
Plaintiff,
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v.
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ORDER
Wells Fargo Bank NA, et al.,
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Defendants.
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Plaintiff Elie Mamboleo has filed a motion to remand. Doc. 17. Defendant Wells
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Fargo Bank NA has filed a response in which Defendant Chex Systems, Inc. has joined.
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Docs. 22, 23. No party has requested oral argument. The Court will deny the motion.
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Plaintiff commenced this action on February 27, 2014, in Maricopa County
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Superior Court. Doc. 1-1 at 26. Plaintiff’s complaint appears to assert state law claims
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as well as claims under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq.
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(“FDCPA”), and the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. (“FCRA”). Id.
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at 29. Chex Systems filed a notice of removal on March 28, 2014, to which Wells Fargo
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consented. Doc. 1.
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“[A]ny civil action brought in a State court of which the district courts of the
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United States have original jurisdiction, may be removed by the defendant . . . to the
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district court of the United States for the district and division embracing the place where
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such action is pending.” 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a); see Caterpillar, Inc. v. Williams, 482 U.S.
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386, 392 (1987). Plaintiff’s complaint appears to assert claims under two federal statutes,
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the FDCPA and the FCRA. Doc. 1-1 at 26-32. Plaintiff does not deny in his motion that
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he asserts claims under these statutes. Because the Court would have original jurisdiction
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over these claims (see 28 U.S.C. § 1331 (“The district courts shall have original
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jurisdiction of all civil actions arising under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the
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United States.”), they can be removed. The Court may exercise supplemental jurisdiction
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over state law claims that “are so related to claims in the action within [the Court’s]
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original jurisdiction that they form part of the same case or controversy[.]” 28 U.S.C.
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§ 1367(a). Plaintiff’s state and federal claims appear to arise out of the same facts.
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28 U.S.C. § 1446(b) provides that the “notice of removal of a civil action or
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proceeding shall be filed within 30 days after the receipt by the defendant . . . of a copy of
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the initial pleading[.]” Plaintiff’s complaint was filed on February 27, 2014, and the
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notice of removal was filed less than 30 days later on March 28, 2014.
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Defendants’ removal was timely.
Thus,
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Finally, both Defendants joined the removal. Section 1446(2)(A) states that “all
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defendants who have been properly joined and served must join in or consent to the
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removal of the action.” 28 U.S.C. § 1446(2)(A). Chex Systems’ notice of removal notes
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that Wells Fargo consented. Doc. 1 at 3. Wells Fargo’s response to Plaintiff’s motion
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confirms that it consented to removal.
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§ 1441(b)(2) as requiring a “signed joint paper for removal,” but that provision deals with
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diversity of citizenship not federal question jurisdiction. The Court therefore concludes
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that this action was properly removed.
Doc. 22 at 6.
Plaintiff cites 28 U.S.C.
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IT IS ORDERED:
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Plaintiff’s motion to remand (Doc. 17) is denied.
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Plaintiff’s motion to stay this action pending a ruling on the motion to
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remand (Doc. 24) is also denied.
Dated this 21st day of May, 2014.
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