Bailey v Pritzker: Emergency Motion filed to immediately remand back to Clay County Circuit Court –

Clay Co. (ECWd) –

An Emergency Motion filed in Federal Court to remand the Bailey v Pritzker case back to the Clay County Circuit court was filed early this afternoon. This Motion is seeking an immediate remand.

From the Motion and Memorandum:

• The Defendant’s Notice of Removal is perhaps the most outrageous invocation of federal jurisdiction imaginable. Defendant has taken Plaintiff’s Complaint, which raises nothing but questions concerning Defendant’s authority under certain Illinois statutes,
  and contrived federal questions where none exist. Given the Defendant’s prior actions in connection with the underlying state court case, including a request for supervisory review and a specious motion to transfer venue, it is clear he is intent on forum shopping and wants nothing more than to derail state court proceedings. This Court should not countenance such an egregious attempt to neuter a state court.
• In short, the Notice of Removal is beyond frivolous and reeks of bad faith, and this Court should immediately remand this matter to the Circuit Court, Clay County, Illinois for disposition.
• The relief requested in the first amended complaint is not predicated, in any respect, on alleged violations of rights conferred under the United States Constitution or any federal statutes.
• Nor does the first amended complaint contain any suggestion by Plaintiff that his federal civil rights have been violated by Defendant’s proclamations and executive orders.
• Instead, Plaintiff states only that Defendant’s proclamations and executive orders exceed authority conferred by the Illinois legislature.
• Given this Court’s lack of subject matter jurisdiction, as well as the expedited schedule for the state court proceeding as established by the Circuit Court, this Court should remand this matter immediately, without awaiting an opposition from Defendant. Nothing he would say could salvage this removal.
• Here, Defendant’s notice of removal is far worse than insubstantial—it is frivolous. His entire theory of jurisdiction rests on the utterly false assertions that Plaintiff is seeking vindication of violation of his federal rights. On that basis, this Court should assess
  Plaintiff’s attorney fees against the Defendant.

Read the Emergency Motion and Memorandum below:
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Bailey Emergency Motion to Remand

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Memorandum in Support of Motion to Remand

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