Pacheco
(UD)(PS) Hanegan v. Pacheco
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PATRICK HANEGAN, No. 2:25-cv-00432-DC-AC (PS) Plaintiff, v. ORDER SUA SPONTE REMANDING CASE
TO THE SOLANO COUNTY SUPERIOR
JANE S. PACHECO, et al. COURT Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Patrick Hanegan initiated this action against Defendants Jane S. Pacheco and Alexander Perez by filing a complaint for unlawful detainer in the Solano County Superior Court, Case No. CL24-06949. (Doc. No. 1.) On February 3, 2025, Defendant Perez filed a notice of removal of this case to this court and 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 removal jurisdiction. Geographic Expeditions, Inc. v. Estate of…