Dennis Boyle v. Yellow Social Interactive LTD
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. BACKGROUND
Boyle filed a Complaint in Orange County Superior Court, seeking public injunctive relief to discontinue Yellow Social’s allegedly illegal online gambling website, Pulze.com. (Compl. Dkt. No. 1, Ex. A411.) Boyle alleges Yellow Social violated (1) California’s Unfair Competition Law, Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200, et seq. (“UCL”); and (2) California’s Consumer Legal Remedies Act, Civ. Code §§ 1750, et seq. (“CLRA”). (Id. §] 40-72.) Yellow Social, a foreign company incorporated in Gibraltar, received the Complaint on December 16, 2024, and filed a notice of removal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1446(d) on January 14, 2025. (Notice of Removal, Dkt. No. 1.) If. LEGAL STANDARD Under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a), a defendant may remove a civil action from state court to federal court if the parties could have originally filed the case in federal court. City of Chicago v. Int’ Coll. of Surgeons, 522 U.S. 156, 163, (1997). Where removal is based on diversity, (1) the citizenship of the plaintiff must differ from the citizenship of all