Pacheco

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 MARICELA PICAZO PACHECO, Case No. 24-cv-05590-EKL

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

9 v. REMAND

10 HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 9 Defendants. 11

12 13 Plaintiff Maricela Picazo Pacheco originally filed this action in Monterey County Superior 14 Court, claiming that she sustained injuries from a slip-and-fall incident at a Home Depot store in 15 Salinas, California. Compl. at 5, ECF No. 1-1 (“Compl.”). The complaint alleges two California 16 state law claims for premises liability and negligence against Defendants Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. 17 (“Home Depot”) and Loretta Souza (“Souza”), a Home Depot employee who works at the Salinas 18 store. Home Depot removed the action to this Court on the basis of diversity jurisdiction. Notice 19 of Removal at 2, ECF No. 1. Plaintiff moves to remand the action to state court for lack of 20 diversity jurisdiction because she and Souza are both citizens of California. Mot. to Remand at 6, 21 ECF No. 9 (“Motion”). …