South Park Residential, LLC v. Courtney Morgan et al

Filing 7

ORDER REMANDING CASE TO STATE COURT by Judge Stephen V. Wilson: case remanded to Los Angeles County Superior Court, Case number 17U03759. Case Terminated. Made JS-6. (mrgo)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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South Park Residential, LLC

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CASE NUMBER:

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CV 17-3873-SVW (ASx)

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Plaintiff

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v.

Courtney Morgan, and Does 1 to 5,

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ORDER REMANDING CASE TO
STATE COURT

Defendant(s).

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The Court sua sponte REMANDS this action to the California Superior Court for the

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for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, as set forth below.

“The right of removal is entirely a creature of statute and ‘a suit commenced in a state

20 court must remain there until cause is shown for its transfer under some act of Congress.’”
21 Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. v. Henson, 537 U.S. 28, 32 (2002) (quoting Great Northern R. Co.
22 v. Alexander, 246 U.S. 276, 280 (1918)). Where Congress has acted to create a right of removal,
23 those statutes are strictly construed against removal jurisdiction. Id.; Nevada v. Bank of America
24 Corp., 672 F.3d 661, 667 (9th Cir. 2012); Gaus v. Miles, Inc., 980 F.2d 564, 566 (9th Cir. 1992).
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Unless otherwise expressly provided by Congress, a defendant may remove “any civil

26 action brought in a State court of which the district courts of the United States have original
27 jurisdiction.” 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a); Dennis v. Hart, 724 F.3d 1249, 1252 (9th Cir. 2013). The
28 removing defendant bears the burden of establishing federal jurisdiction. Abrego Abrego v.

CV-136 (12/14)

ORDER REMANDING CASE TO STATE COURT

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