Midtown Limited Partnership v. Tahir-Garrett

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ORDER to Remand Case, by U.S. District Judge John C Coughenour. This case is hereby REMANDED to King County Superior Court, effective immediately. (SWT) (cc: Defendant via USPS)

THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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MIDTOWN LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP,

CASE NO. C17-0587-JCC
ORDER OF REMAND

Plaintiff,
v.

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OMARI TAHIR-GARRETT,
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Defendant.

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This matter comes before the Court sua sponte. Defendant Omari Tahir-Garrett filed a

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notice of removal of the unlawful detainer action against him. (Dkt. No. 1.) This is the second

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time Mr. Tahir has attempted to remove this litigation, and the previous attempt was

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unsuccessful. See MidTown Limited Partnership v. Omari Tahir-Garrett, C16-1830-JCC, (Dkt.

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No. 11). The Court remanded the previous attempt and stated that any “further attempt by Mr.

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Tahir to remove this action will constitute a legal nullity and will not divest jurisdiction from the

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state superior court.” Id.

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Moreover, both unlawful detainer actions involve the same parties, facts, and issues as

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another case before this Court, Omari Tahir v. MidTown Limited Partnership, C15-2017-JCC. In

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that case, the Court granted MidTown’s motion to remand the unlawful detainer action,

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reasoning that “[t]he Court does not have subject matter jurisdiction over the unlawful detainer

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action, as there is neither diversity nor federal question jurisdiction.” Tahir, C15-2017-JCC,

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(Dkt. No. 43 at 3). Nothing has changed in the present action. Mr. Tahir’s attempt to remove this

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action to federal court is frivolous.

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“Flagrant abuse of the judicial process cannot be tolerated because it enables one person

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to preempt the use of judicial time that properly could be used to consider the meritorious claims

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of other litigants.” See De Long v. Hennessey, 912 F.2d 1144, 1148 (9th Cir. 1990). This case is

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hereby REMANDED to King County Superior Court, effective immediately. Mr. Tahir is

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advised that if he attempts to remove the case again, he may be subject to sanctions under

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Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11.

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DATED this 2nd day of May 2017.

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John C. Coughenour
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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