Second Served Rule

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Westlaw statement of the rule from headnotes in Brierly:

in cases with multiple defendants served at different times, later-served defendant has 30 days from date of service to remove a case to federal district court, with consent of remaining defendants

4th Circuit - Mckinney 1992
6th Circuit - Brierly 1999
8th Circuit - Marano 2001

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