2nd Circuit: Late Removal Consent Can’t Be Cured By Unrelated, Later Filing

Mealey's (October 1, 2021, 2:19 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 30 vacated a lower court’s dismissal of a hernia mesh complaint and reversed its denial of remand to a state court because one of the served defendants failed, under current federal statutory law, to consent to remand within 30 days....