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ALLISON E. BURNS, SBN 198231
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STRADLING YOCCA CARLSON &RAUIH
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A Professional Corporation
800 Anacapa Street, Suite A
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Santa Barbara, California 93101
Telephone: (805) 730-6800
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Facsimile: (805) 730-6801
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City of Carmel-by-the Sea; Jason Stilwell; Susan
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Exempt fi'om fili11g fee
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SUPERIOR COL"RT OF CALIFORNIA
COCNTY OF MONTEREY
STEVEN MCINCHAK
Petitioner/Plaintiff,
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SUSAN PAUL, ADh1INISTRATfVE
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CASE NO. M128062
Monterey County Superior Court
Case No. M128062
NOTICE TO ADVERSE PARTY OF
REMOVAL TO FEDERAL COURT
Action Filed: June 4, 2014
Discovery Cutoff: Not Set
Trial Date: Not Set
FiLED BY FAX
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NOTICE TO ADVERSE PARTY RE REMOVAL
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4 filed by Defendants City of Cannel-by-the-Sea, Jason Stilwell and Susan Paul in the United
5 States District Court for the Northern District of California on July 8, 2014. A copy of said
6 Notice of Removal is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and served and filed herewith.
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l JEFFREY A DINKIN, SBN 111422
jdinkin@sycr. com
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DAVID C. PALMER, SBN 251609
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STRADLING YOCCA CARLSON &RAUIH
A Professional Corporation
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Telephone: (805) 730-6800
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Susan Paul
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Government Code 6103
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UNITED STATES DISTRJCT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SERVICES DIRECTOR OF TilE
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Monterey County Superior Court
Case No. M128062
NOTICE OF REMOVAL TO
FEDERAL COURT UNDER 28
U.S.C. SECTIONS 144l(b) AND 1367
(FEDERAL QUESTION AND
SUPPLEMENTAL)
Action Filed: June 4, 2014
Discovery Cutoff: Not Set
Trial Date: Nat Set
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TO THE CLERK OF THE ABOVE-ENTITLED COURT:
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4 1446, Defendants City of Cannel-by-the-Sea; Jason Stilwell and Susan Paul, (the
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7 1. On June 4> 2014> an action was commenced in the Superior Court of
8 the State of California for the County of Monterey entitled Steven Mclnchak v.
9 City of Carmel-by-the-Sea,- Jason Stilwell, City Administrator of the City of
1 0 Carmel-by-the Sea; Susan Paul, Administrative Services Director of the City of
11 Carmel-by-the-Sea and does 1 through 50, inclusive, Case No. M128062. A true
12 and correct copy of the Summons, Complaint and the Superior Court's docket is
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16 jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. 1331 and supplemental jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.
17 1367(a), and is one which may be removed to this Cornt by Defendants pursuant
18 to the provisions of28 U.S.C. 1441(b) in that it is a civil action arising under the
19 Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States and involves claims that are so
20 related to claims in the action within such original jurisdiction that they form part
21 of the same case or controversy under Article ill of the United States Constitution.
22 The above Complaint in the above-referenced action alleges, among other things,
23 that Defendants' conduct is in violation of the laws and Constitution of the United
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3. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1441(a), removal to the Nmihem District of
California is proper because said district embraces the place where the state comi
action currently is pending.
4. Intradistrict Assignment: Pursuant to Local Rule 3-2(e), removal to
the San Jose Division of the Northern District of California is proper because said
division embraces the county where the state court action is pending and/or where
the civil action arose.
5. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1446(d), written notice of the filing of this
Notice of Removal to Federal Court ("Notice of Removal") will be provided to all
adverse parties, and a copy will be filed in the appropriate state court.
6. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1446(b), all named defendants in this case, in
both their individual and official capacities, to the extent both capacities are
alleged in the Complaint, hereby join in this Notice of Removal.
7. In filing this Notice of Removal, Defendants preserve all of their
defenses, denials, and/or objections to the Complaint and each and every allegation
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WHEREFORE, the above-described action now pending against Defendants
in the Superior Court of the State of California, County Monterey, is properly
removed to this Comt
DATED: July 7, 2014
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STRADLING YOCCA CARLSON &
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A Profess nal
Attomevs for Defendants
City ofCannel-by-the Sea; Jason
Stilwell; Susan Paul