Wheeler
Wheeler v. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DAVID WHEELER, Case No. 24-cv-07773-HSG
Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
REMAND
v. Re: Dkt. No. 19 THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, et al., 11 Defendants. 12 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff David Wheeler’s motion to remand, Dkt. No. 19. The Court finds this matter appropriate for disposition without oral argument and the matter is deemed submitted. See Civil L.R. 7-1(b). For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s motion to remand. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff, a citizen of California, filed this action in Lake County Superior Court on July 3, 2024, alleging that a leader within the Highlands Ward of the Church of Latter-day Saints sexually abused him from 1977 to 1978. Dkt. No. 1-1. Consistent with California Civil Code of Procedure (“CCCP”) § 340.1(l), Plaintiff’s complaint named all the Defendants as “Does.” The complaint identifies Defendant Doe 1 as a “foreign religious corporation,…