Carolyn E. Miner v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Filing 13

ORDER DIRECTING the Clerk to Open a New Case signed by Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston on 8/30/2016. (Sant Agata, S)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CAROLYN MINER,
Plaintiff,

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v.

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J.P. MORGAN CHASE, NA,,
Defendant.

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) Case No.: 1:16-cv-00626 JLT
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) ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK TO OPEN A
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On May 3, 2016, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank filed a notice of removal of the action from the Kern

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County Superior Court. (Doc. 1) The underlying state court case was numbered CV-16-100809 and

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sought to quiet title to property located in Tehachapi, California. (Doc. 1-1)
On July 5, 2016, Plaintiff, Carolyn Miner, filed a “notice of removal” seeking to remove a

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second action, for unlawful detainer, filed against her in Kern County Superior Court by J.P. Morgan

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Chase Bank. (Doc. 4) This underlying case was numbered MCL-16000005. Id. at 1, 7. After this,

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J.P. Morgan filed a “Notice of Judgment” demonstrating that the unlawful detainer action had

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completed and a the superior court and that court had issued a writ of possession in J.P. Morgan’s

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favor days after the action was removed to this Court. (Doc. 6-1)
This second matter does not implicate federal court jurisdiction and is unrelated to the first

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action removed. It is unclear why this second action was filed on the docket of the first.

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Therefore, the Court ORDERS:

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The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to open a new case and to file the documents

filed in this current action in docket numbers 4, 5, 6 and 12 in the new matter.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

August 30, 2016

/s/ Jennifer L. Thurston
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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