Lopez v. BNSF Railway Co.

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• finding defendants had no constructive notice of remaining defendants before filing for removal, after they had searched the Superior Court case docket and found no proof of service on file
• removing defendant exercised reasonable diligence in attempt to determine whether co-defendant had been served, and although co-defendant had been served and proof of service was filed on same day as removal notice, co-defendant’s consent to removal was not required
• removal permitted where removing defendant did not first obtain 5 consent of properly served co-defendants but had exercised “reasonable diligence” and 6 nevertheless failed to determine co-defendants had been properly served

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