Is a summons of a federal officer in a wage garnishment action a "civil action" that can be removed to federal court?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Goncalves v. Rady Children's Hosp. San Diego, 865 F.3d 1237 (9th Cir. 2017):

Goncalves points to court decisions where other circuits have held that a state court summons of a federal officer in a wage garnishment action is not a "civil action" that could be removed to federal court. See , e.g. , Murray v. Murray , 621 F.2d 103, 10607 (5th Cir. 1980). For several reasons, these cases are not persuasive. First, these decisions were rendered under the prior version of 1442. Second, we expressly rejected these cases in

[865 F.3d 1251]

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