United States v. Matos-Quinones

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• holding that the forum defendant rule is procedural rather than 18 || jurisdiction and thus subject to the thirty-day time limit
• explaining that “Rule 11 does not require a test of guilt versus innocence, much less proof beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is in fact guilty” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
• noting that facts may come from the defendant's admissions
• “§1441(b) confines removal on the basis of diversity jurisdiction to 23 instances where no defendant is a citizen of the forum state.”
• \A defendant is entitled . . . to the benefit of the bargain struck in the plea deal and to the good faith of the prosecutor.\ (cleaned up)
• finding sufficient evidence to support a guilty plea

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