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Summary: ON REHEARING UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 15-2258 BETTE J.T. JONES, Plaintiff – Appellant, v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Graham C. Mullen, Senior District Judge. (3:15-cv-00170-GCM) Submitted: August 26, 2016 Decided: September 6, 2016 Before WILKINSON, KING, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges. Dismissed in part; affirmed
Summary: ON REHEARING UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 15-2258 BETTE J.T. JONES, Plaintiff – Appellant, v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Graham C. Mullen, Senior District Judge. (3:15-cv-00170-GCM) Submitted: August 26, 2016 Decided: September 6, 2016 Before WILKINSON, KING, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges. Dismissed in part; affirmed i..
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ON REHEARING
UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 15-2258
BETTE J.T. JONES,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
v.
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Graham C. Mullen,
Senior District Judge. (3:15-cv-00170-GCM)
Submitted: August 26, 2016 Decided: September 6, 2016
Before WILKINSON, KING, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed in part; affirmed in part by unpublished per curiam
opinion.
Bette J.T. Jones, Appellant Pro Se. Kenneth Andrew Sack, NORTH
CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Bette J.T. Jones appeals the district court’s orders
denying her notice of removal and remanding her civil action to
state court for further proceedings and denying her motions for
reconsideration. After we dismissed her appeal as untimely,
Jones filed a petition for rehearing providing additional
information on the timeliness of the notices of appeal. We
grant the petition for rehearing, thus vacating our previous
order dismissing as untimely, and dismiss in part and affirm in
part the district court’s orders denying the notice of removal
and remanding the case to state court and denying Jones’ motions
for reconsideration.
With certain exceptions, “[a]n order remanding a case to
the State court from which it was removed is not reviewable on
appeal or otherwise.” 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d) (2012). The Supreme
Court has limited the scope of § 1447(d) to prohibiting
appellate review of remand orders based on a defect in the
removal procedure or lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
Quackenbush v. Allstate Ins. Co.,
517 U.S. 706, 711–12 (1996);
see 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c) (2012). However, 28 U.S.C. § 1443
(2012) authorizes removal from state court of “civil actions ...
[a]gainst any person who is denied or cannot enforce in the
courts of such State a right under any law providing for the
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equal civil rights of citizens of the United States, or of all
persons within the jurisdiction thereof.” 28 U.S.C. § 1443(1).
To the extent the civil rights exception applies here,
based on Jones’ allegations under Title VII, we affirm the order
based on the reasoning of the district court. Jones v. North
Carolina Dep’t of Transp., No. 3:15-cv-00170-GCM (W.D.N.C. Aug.
6 & Sept. 10, 2015). The remainder of the appeal must be
dismissed because this court lacks jurisdiction to review the
district court’s order. See 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d). We therefore
dismiss the appeal in part and affirm in part.
We dispense with oral argument because the facts and
legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials
before this court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.
DISMISSED IN PART;
AFFIRMED IN PART
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