Halajian

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JJD Management Associates, Case No.: 1:24-cv-00702 JLT SKO

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER SUA SPONTE REMANDING CASE

TO FRESNO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT

Barry Halajian and Industrial Electric Company,

Defendants.

Plaintiff initiated this action by filing a complaint for unlawful detainer in Fresno County Superior Court, Case No. 24CECL05667.1 Defendants filed a Notice of Removal to initiate the matter before this Court. (Doc. 1.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court finds it lacks subject matter jurisdiction over the action and therefore REMANDS the matter to Fresno County Superior Court. I. Removal Jurisdiction Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a), a defendant has the right to remove a matter to federal court where the district court would have original jurisdiction. Caterpillar, Inc. v. Williams, 482 U.S. 286, 392 (1987). Specifically,

1 Defendant did not attach to the removal papers a copy of the original complaint. The Court takes…