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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
7 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE
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PACIFIC SHORELINE MORTGAGE, INC.,
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DICK PELASCINI and CECILIA
PELASCINI, Husband and Wife and their No. C05-1076Z
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Marital Community,
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Plaintiffs, ORDER
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v.
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CAROL L. ENGEN, CAROL A. GESCHKE,
KRIGS GROUP TRUST PEMBINA
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NATION LITTLE SHELL BAND OF
NORTH AMERICA, and all other persons
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claiming the right to occupancy of the
premises,
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Defendants.
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20 The Court hereby REMANDS Pacific Shoreline Mortgage, Inc. v. Engen, C05-1076Z,

21 to King County Superior Court. The Notice of Removal is not proper on its face as Defendant

22 Carol Engen has failed to join any of the other named defendants. All defendants must join in

23 a removal petition with the exception of nominal parties. 28 U.S.C. § 1446(b); Chicago, R.I.

24 & P. Ry. Co. v. Martin, 178 U.S. 245, 248 (1900); Hewitt v. City of Stanton, 798 F.2d 1230,

25 1232 (9th Cir. 1986).

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1 The Clerk is directed to send the case back to King County Superior Court as soon as
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