Moreland v. Van Buren GMC

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• recognizing criticism of derivative jurisdiction doctrine and concluding it remains intact as to section 1442
• “[T]he federal court cannot confer subject Civil No. 23-1517 (RAM) 4 matter jurisdiction over a case removed under Section 1442 if none existed at the state level.”
• “The derivative jurisdiction doctrine holds that if the state court where an action was initially commenced lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the action, a federal court acquires none upon removal.”

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