(PS)(UD)Omnivest Corp v. Harmon

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 OMNIVEST CORP, No. 2:25-cv-00995-DAD-SCR (UD) (PS) Plaintiff, v. ORDER SUA SPONTE REMANDING CASE

TO THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY

JOHNNY ACEVEDO, et al., SUPERIOR COURT AND DENYING

MOTION TO PROCEED IN FORMA

Defendants. PAUPERIS AS MOOT (Doc. No. 2) 17 This is an unlawful detainer action brough under California state law by plaintiff Omnivest Corp. On April 2, 2025, defendants, proceeding pro se, removed this case to this federal court from the Sacramento County Superior Court and defendant Acevedo filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. (Doc. Nos. 1, 2.) A district court has “a duty to establish subject matter jurisdiction over the removed action sua sponte, whether the parties raised the issue or not.” United Investors Life Ins. Co. v. Waddell & Reed, Inc., 360 F.3d 960, 967 (9th Cir. 2004). The removal statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1441, is strictly construed against…