Kymberly Aleem Duncan v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
KYMBERLY ALEEM DUNCAN,
Case No. 24-cv-08528-JCS Plaintiff, 8 v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO REMAND
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE
INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 13 Defendants.
12 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Kymberly Aleem Duncan brought this employment discrimination case in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Alameda, asserting state law claims against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and Jeanette Nicole Little. Defendants removed the case to federal court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§1441(a) and (b) and 1446 based on diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Although it is undisputed that Duncan and Little are citizens of California, Defendants asserted in the Notice of Removal that there is complete diversity of citizenship because Little was fraudulently joined in this action. Plaintiff now brings a Motion to Remand (“Motion”) asserting that…