Paul MaGuire v. Rene A. Polanco

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JS-

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. 2:25-cv-03200-JLS-KES Date: April 16, 2025 Title: Paul MaGuire v. Rene A. Polanco et al

Present: Honorable JOSEPHINE L. STATON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Kelly Davis N/A Deputy Clerk Court Reporter

Attorneys Present for Plaintiffs: Attorneys Present for Defendant:

Not Present Not Present

PROCEEDINGS: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER REMANDING CASE TO LOS

ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT

Non-Party Fernando Torres purports to remove the present state-law unlawful detainer action. (Notice of Removal (“NOR”), Doc. 1.) But because Torres is a non- party who is not entitled to remove this action, and because the Court lacks subject- matter jurisdiction, the Court REMANDS the present action.

Plaintiff Paul MaGuire filed a complaint in state court for unlawful detainer against Rene Polanco. (See NOR at 49–51.) Despite his representation to the contrary, Torres is not a party to the state-court complaint. (Id. at 3 (identifying himself as a “Defendant”); see also id. at 49–51.) Only “the defendant…