Donna Kelley v. Target Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JS-6 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. 2:24-cv-06328-HDV-PD

DONNA KELLEY,

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

Plaintiff,

MOTION TO AMEND AND REMAND

v. [DKT. NO. 12]

14 TARGET CORPORATION, a Minnesota Corporation; and DOES 1 TO 50, inclusive,

Defendants. 17 18

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Donna Kelley brings this action against Defendant Target Corporation for an injury she sustained in March 2024 when she tripped over a parking block in the parking lot of a Target store in Pasadena, California. Plaintiff now moves to amend her Complaint to add the Target store manager (Michele Perkins) as a defendant, and to remand the action to state court for the lack of diversity that would necessarily result from the amendment. For the reasons discussed below, the motion to amend and remand is granted. II. RELEVANT BACKGROUND Plaintiff tripped over a parking lot block when she was walking in the parking…