dase 9:08-cv-80811-WJZ

dase 9:08-cv-80811-WJZ Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 07)21:2008 FIFF4tyi Rik D.C. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO.: C.M.A., 08-80811-Civ-ZLOCH/SNOW Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY EPSTEIN and Defendants. NOTICE OF REMOVAL July 21, 2008 STEVEN M. LARIMORE CLERK U.S. DIST. CT. 5.0. OF FLA. MIAMI In accordance with 28 U.S.C. §§ 1441, 1446, and 1332(a)(1), the defendants, Jeffrey Epstein and 1 hereby remove this action' from Palm Beach County Circuit Court to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and respectfully state as follows: 1. This case is within the original jurisdiction of this Court. This case is properly removable because it falls within the original jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. See 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(1) (establishing that federal district courts have original I C.M.A. v. Epstein et aL, Case No. 50 2008 CA 005240 XXXX MB (Fla. 15th