Dickens
Dickens v. Franklin Credit Management Corp.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 LAWRENCE E. DICKENS, Case No.: 24-cv-01379-CAB-KSC
Plaintiffs,
ORDER DENYING REMAND
v.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FRANKLIN CREDIT MGMT CORP., et
al., [Doc. No. 21] Defendants.
15 The Court is satisfied that it has jurisdiction through actual diversity. Plaintiff is a 16 California resident. Defendant Franklin is a resident of Delaware and New Jersey. [Doc. 17 No. 1-2 ¶ 10.] Defendant Bosco/Wilmington is also a resident of Delaware. [Doc. No. 1- 18 2 ¶ 11.] Based on the lien at issue in this case, the amount in controversy exceeds $75,000. 19 Plaintiff’s motion for remand, including his request for sanctions and fees,1 is denied. 20 [Doc. No. 21.] 21 Generally, Plaintiff’s complaint urges a number of fraud claims related to a 2007 22 lien on his home. Defendants report that Plaintiff recently executed a modification on the 23 loan underlying the dispute in this case and has made a payment related to that loan. As 24
26 1 The Court has wide discretion in…