Bentley

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MATTHEW D. BENTLEY, TRUSTEE OF ) Case No.: 1:24-cv-01005-JLT-HBK

BENTLEY LIVING TRUST, )

) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER SUA SPONTE REMANDING CASE v. ) TO FRESNO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT ) NATASHA MARSHALL, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) )

Plaintiff initiated this action by filing a complaint for unlawful detainer in Fresno County Superior Court, Case No. 24CECL08972.1 (Doc. 1 at 5.) 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 Stanislaus 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…