Roe Sr 3 v. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (including its ecclesiastical unit, the Morgan Hill California Stake)

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 8 JANE ROE SR 3, Case No. 24-cv-07119-EJD 9 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

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v. 10 11 THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF Re: ECF No. 11 LATTER-DAY SAINTS, et al., 12 Defendants. 13 14 This case involves various state law claims by Plaintiff against the Church of Jesus Christ 15 of Latter-Day Saints (the “Church”), the Temple Corporation of the Church of Jesus Christ of 16 Latter-Day Saints (“Temple Corporation”), the Morgan Hill California Stake (“Morgan Hill 17 Stake), and Does 4 to 100 for sexual abuse Plaintiff suffered as a minor. The case was originally 18 filed in Santa Clara Superior Court on September 4, 2024. ECF No. 1. Defendants removed the 19 case to this Court on October 11, 2024, based on diversity jurisdiction because the only California- 20 based Defendant, the Morgan Hill Stake, was purportedly fraudulently joined and should be 21 disregarded for removal jurisdiction. Id. 22 Before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to…