Anthony J. Lax v. Michele N. West Harvey

I.

INTRODUCTION

On February 8, 2024, defendant Michele N. West Harvey (“Defendant”), proceeding pro se, filed a Notice of Removal1 of a “child support and child custody case” pending before the Riverside County Superior Court. ECF Docket No. (“Dkt.”) 1. On March 19, 2024, the Court issued an Order to Show Cause (“OSC”) “why the action should not be remanded for lack of jurisdiction.” Dkt. 8. In the OSC, the Court ordered Defendant to file a Response, which included “a copy of the operative state court Complaint.” Id. at 2.

On March 29, 2024, Defendant filed a Response to the Court’s OSC (“Response”) with a copy of the underlying Petition for Child Custody and Visitation (“Petition”), and several hundred pages of documents from the underlying state case. Dkt. 11. According to the Petition, filed on August 6, 2021, petitioner Anthony Jamel Lax (“Plaintiff”) sought an order for, among other requests, child support, legal and physical custody of minor children, A.L. and A.L., and reasonable visitation for Defendant. Id. at 47-53.

In Defendant’s Response, Defendant lists out several alleged violations committed by, among others, Plaintiff and the Superior Court Judge…