Filed: Feb. 16, 2018
Latest Update: Feb. 16, 2018
Summary: ORDER SUMMARILY REMANDING IMPROPERLY-REMOVED ACTION MICHAEL W. FITZGERALD , District Judge . The Court will remand this unlawful detainer action to state court summarily because Defendant removed it improperly. On February 12, 2018, Defendant Lagwen Hayes, having been sued in what appears to be a routine unlawful detainer action in California state court, filed a Notice of Removal of that action to this Court and presented an application to proceed in forma pauperis. The Court has denied t
Summary: ORDER SUMMARILY REMANDING IMPROPERLY-REMOVED ACTION MICHAEL W. FITZGERALD , District Judge . The Court will remand this unlawful detainer action to state court summarily because Defendant removed it improperly. On February 12, 2018, Defendant Lagwen Hayes, having been sued in what appears to be a routine unlawful detainer action in California state court, filed a Notice of Removal of that action to this Court and presented an application to proceed in forma pauperis. The Court has denied th..
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ORDER SUMMARILY REMANDING IMPROPERLY-REMOVED ACTION
MICHAEL W. FITZGERALD, District Judge.
The Court will remand this unlawful detainer action to state court summarily because Defendant removed it improperly.
On February 12, 2018, Defendant Lagwen Hayes, having been sued in what appears to be a routine unlawful detainer action in California state court, filed a Notice of Removal of that action to this Court and presented an application to proceed in forma pauperis. The Court has denied the IFP application under separate cover because the action was not properly removed. To prevent the action from remaining in jurisdictional limbo, the Court issues this Order to remand the action to state court.
Simply stated, this action could not have been originally filed in federal court because the complaint does not competently allege facts supporting either diversity or federal-question jurisdiction, and therefore removal is improper. 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a); see Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Svcs., Inc., 545 U.S. 546, 563 (2005).
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that (1) this matter be REMANDED to the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, Southwest Courthouse, One Regent Street, Inglewood, CA 90301, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c); (2) the Clerk send a certified copy of this Order to the state court; and (3) the Clerk serve copies of this Order on the parties.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
