Brenda Ruffins v. Richman Property Services, Inc.

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United States District Court Central District of California

11 BRENDA RUFFINS et al., Case № 2:24-cv-08288-ODW (SSCx)

Plaintiffs, ORDER REMANDING CASE AND

v. DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION

TO DISMISS [9]

14 RICHMAN PROPERTY SERVICES, INC. et al.,

Defendants.

17 I. INTRODUCTION On July 31, 2024, Plaintiffs Brenda Ruffins and Danielle Gromme initiated this 20 action against Defendants Richman Property Services, Inc. (“Richman”) and DOES 1 21 through 10 for violation of California’s Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies 22 Act (“ICRAA”) in the Superior Court of California. (Notice Removal (“NOR”) Ex. A 23 (“Complaint” or “Compl.”), ECF Nos. 1, 1-1.) On September 26, 2024, Richman 24 removed this action to federal court based on alleged diversity jurisdiction pursuant to 25 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a). (NOR ¶ 11.) On October 15, 2024, the Court ordered the parties 26 to show cause why this action should not be remanded for lack of subject-matter 27 jurisdiction. (Order Show Cause (“OSC”), ECF No 17.) On…