Toliver
(PS) (UD) Valinor Holdings, LLC v. Toliver
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 VALINOR HOLDINGS, LLC, No. 2:25-cv-00742-DAD-SCR (PS) Plaintiff, v. ORDER SUA SPONTE REMANDING CASE
TO SACRAMENTO COUNTY SUPERIOR
VIVIAN J. TOLIVER, COURT Defendant. (Doc. No. 1) 16 17 This is an unlawful detainer action brought under California state law by plaintiff Valinor 18 Holdings, LLC. On March 4, 2025, defendant, proceeding pro se, removed this case to this 19 federal court from the Sacramento County Superior Court. (Doc. No. 1.) According to 20 defendant, removal is proper because this action purportedly arises under federal law. (Id. at 3.) 21 A district court has “a duty to establish subject matter jurisdiction over the removed action 22 sua sponte, whether the parties raised the issue or not.” United Investors Life Ins. Co. v. Waddell 23 & Reed, Inc., 360 F.3d 960, 967 (9th Cir. 2004). The removal statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1441, is 24 strictly construed against removal jurisdiction. Geographic Expeditions, Inc. v. Estate of Lhotka,…