Case 2:18-cv-00736-JCC Document 1 Filed 05/21/18 Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 9 10 Chong and Marilyn Yim, Kelly Lyles, Eileen, LLC and Rental Housing Association of Washington, No. 11 Plaintiffs, 12 vs. NOTICE OF REMOVAL FROM KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT (NO. 18-211073-4SEA) 13 14 The City of Seattle, a Washington Municipal Corporation, Defendant. 15 16 17 TO: THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON, AT SEATTLE: 18 Defendant City of Seattle hereby gives notice that it is removing this case to the United States 19 District Court for the Western District of Washington on the grounds set forth below. 20 I. SUMMARY OF STATE COURT PROCEEDINGS 21 1. Plaintiffs filed this action in King County Superior Court on May 1, 2018. The Complaint 22 is attached hereto as Exhibit 1. Defendant was served with the Complaint on May 1, 2018. 23 NOTICE OF REMOVAL FROM KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT - 1 Peter S. Holmes Seattle City Attorney 701 5th Avenue, Suite 2050 Seattle, WA 98104-7097 (206) 684-8200 Case 2:18-cv-00736-JCC Document 1 Filed 05/21/18 Page 2 of 4 1 2. Defendant is filing, concurrently with this Notice of Removal, a Verification of State Court 2 Records that complies with Local Rules W.D. Wash. LCR 101(c). It summarizes all state 3 court proceedings as of today. 4 5 3. After filing this Notice of Removal, Defendant will give notice to the King County Superior Court of the removal of this action. II. 6 GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL 7 4. Plaintiffs assert only claims arising under the United States Constitution and the Washington 8 Constitution. Ex. 1 (Complaint at ¶¶ 49-62). Specifically, they assert a claim arising under 9 the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and its Washington analogue, id. ¶ 50, 10 and a claim arising under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution and 11 its Washington analogue, id. ¶¶ 53-54. 12 5. This Court has original jurisdiction over Plaintiffs’ claims invoking the United States 13 Constitution. 28 U.S.C. § 1331 (giving federal district courts original jurisdiction of “all civil 14 actions arising under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States”). This Court has 15 supplemental jurisdiction over Plaintiffs’ claims invoking the Washington Constitution, 16 because they are “so related to” the claims invoking the United States Constitution “that they 17 form part of the same case or controversy under Article III of the United States Constitution.” 18 28 U.S.C. § 1367(a). 19 6. Accordingly, this action is subject to removal to “the district Court of the United States for 20 the district and division embracing the place where [the] action is pending.” 28 U.S.C. 21 § 1441(a). Pursuant to Local Rules W.D. Wash. LCR 3(e)(1), Defendant is removing this 22 case to the Western District of Washington, Seattle Division, because it is removing this case 23 from King County Superior Court. NOTICE OF REMOVAL FROM KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT - 2 Peter S. Holmes Seattle City Attorney 701 5th Avenue, Suite 2050 Seattle, WA 98104-7097 (206) 684-8200 Case 2:18-cv-00736-JCC Document 1 Filed 05/21/18 Page 3 of 4 1 7. For all of the reasons stated above, Defendant hereby gives notice that the civil action in 2 King County Superior Court, State of Washington has been removed from that Court to the 3 United States District Court for the Western District of Washington at Seattle. 4 DATED this 21st day of May, 2018. 5 PETER S. HOLMES Seattle City Attorney 6 7 8 9 10 11 By: s/ Josh Johnson Josh Johnson, WSBA #33570 Assistant City Attorney Email: Josh.Johnson@Seattle.Gov Phone: (206) 233-7808 By: s/ Sara O’Connor-Kriss Sara O’Connor-Kriss, WSBA #41569 Assistant City Attorney Email: Sara.OConnor-Kriss@Seattle.Gov Phone: (206) 615-0788 12 13 14 15 By: s/ Roger D. Wynne Roger D. Wynne, WSBA #23399 Assistant City Attorney Email: Roger.Wynne@Seattle.Gov Phone: (206) 233-2177 17 Seattle City Attorney’s Office 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2050 Seattle, WA 98104 Fax: (206) 684-8284 18 Attorneys for Defendant City of Seattle 16 19 20 21 22 23 NOTICE OF REMOVAL FROM KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT - 3 Peter S. Holmes Seattle City Attorney 701 5th Avenue, Suite 2050 Seattle, WA 98104-7097 (206) 684-8200 Case 2:18-cv-00736-JCC Document 1 Filed 05/21/18 Page 4 of 4 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 I hereby certify that on May 21, 2018 I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the following: Ethan W. Blevins, WSBA #48219 Brian T. Hodges, WSBA #31976 PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION 10940 NE 33rd Place, Suite 210 Bellevue, WA 98004 (425) 576-0484 [Attorneys for Plaintiffs] ( x ) Via CM/ECF system ( x ) Via Email EBlevins@pacificlegal.com BHodges@pacificlegal.com 9 10 11 s/ Jennifer Litfin____________ Jennifer Litfin, Legal Assistant 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 NOTICE OF REMOVAL FROM KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT - 4 Peter S. Holmes Seattle City Attorney 701 5th Avenue, Suite 2050 Seattle, WA 98104-7097 (206) 684-8200