La Russo v. St. George's University School of Medicine

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• holding that a real party defendant in interest is entitled to remove an action
• holding that allegations that defendants negligently “fail[ed] to provide [a plaintiff] with proper psychiatric care” are “substantially related to medical treatment and as such, are duplicative of the medical malpractice claims”
• explaining that an unnamed party “must act promptly” to remove a case after notice before the 30-day interval for removal expires
• holding the unnamed 20 “real party defendant in interest” must remove no later than 30-days after the unnamed party has 21 notice of the claims against it
• dismissing action for failure to state a claim, and explaining that dismissal was also warranted under forum non conveniens
• affirming the district court’s dismissal of the negligence claim as duplicative of the medical malpractice claims

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