In Re Curtis Bruce WILLIS, Petitioner

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• noting that “the notice of removal may be filed within thirty days of when the defendant first discovers the case is removable”
• finding that “the thirty-day time limit of section 1446(b) begins running upon receipt of the initial complaint only when the complaint explicitly discloses the plaintiff is seeking damages in excess of the federal jurisdictional amount”
• holding in non-CAFA case that § 1446(b) time period begins to run upon a defendant’s receipt of the initial complaint only if the complaint “explicitly discloses [that] the plaintiff is seeking damages in excess of the federal jurisdictional amount”
• holding in non-CAFA case that § 1446(b) time period begins to run upon a defendant’s receipt of the initial complaint only if the complaint “explicitly discloses [that] the plaintiff is seeking damages in excess of the federal jurisdictional amount”
• “[T]his rule prevents a plaintiff from disguising the amount of damages until after the thirty-day time limit has run to avoid removal to federal court.”
• “The thirty-day time limit of section 1446(b) begins running upon receipt of the initial complaint only when the complaint explicitly discloses the plaintiff is seeking damages in excess of the federal jurisdictional amount.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).