Robert E. Thompson v. The Johnson Group Al Phillips the Cleaner, Inc. Mel Shapiro Dawn Adamson Donna Cowart and Does I Through X

5 F.3d 540 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Robert E. THOMPSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE JOHNSON GROUP; Al Phillips The Cleaner, Inc.; Mel Shapiro; Dawn Adamson; Donna Cowart; and Does I through X, Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-15595. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 23, 1993. * Decided Sept. 2, 1993. Before: PREGERSON, BRUNETTI, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Robert E. Thompson appeals pro se the district court's orders (1) denying Thompson's motion to remand this matter to state court; and (2) granting defendants' motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, for summary judgment. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 . We affirm. 3 * Denial of Remand 4 "[A] defendant may remove from state to federal court any civil action over which the district court would have had original jurisdiction." Milne Employees Ass'n v. Sun Carriers, Inc., 960 F.2d 1401, 1406 (9th Cir.1991), cert. denied, 113 S.Ct. 2927…