Lacewell

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LALESH CHAND, No. 2:24-cv-02402-DJC-SCR 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER

ANDREW LACEWELL,

15 Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff Lalesh Chand brought this unlawful detainer action against Defendant Andrew Lacewell under California state law on May 29, 2024. On September 5, 2024, Defendant filed a Notice of Removal in federal court, seeking to remove the action from Solano County Superior Court. (See Not. of Removal from Solano Cnty. Superior Ct. (“Removal Not.”) (ECF No. 1).) A district court has “a duty to establish subject matter jurisdiction over the removed action sua sponte, whether the parties raised the issue or not.” United Investors Life Ins. Co. v. Waddell & Reed, Inc., 360 F.3d 960, 967 (9th Cir. 2004). The removal statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1441, is strictly construed against removal jurisdiction. Geographic Expeditions, Inc. v. Estate of Lhotka, 599 F.3d 1102, 1107 (9th Cir. 2010). It is presumed that a case lies outside the limited jurisdiction of the federal…