Chiang

1 2 3 4 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 8 TINA CHIANG, Case No. 25-cv-02074-CRB

9 Plaintiff,

REMAND ORDER

10 v.

11 SABRINA AFIFI, 12 Defendant.

13 Defendant Sabrina Afifi has attempted to remove this wrongful detainer suit from 14 California state court. Judge Kang issued a report and recommendation—to which Afifi 15 did not file a timely objection—recommending this action be remanded to California state 16 court for lack of federal subject-matter jurisdiction. For the reasons below, the Court 17 ADOPTS the report and recommendation of Judge Kang and REMANDS the case to the 18 California Superior Court for the County of Alameda. 19 Plaintiff Tina Chiang sued Afifi for one count of unlawful detainer regarding a 20 residential unit that Chiang owns and rented to Afifi. See Compl. (dkt. 1 ex. 1). Chiang 21 sought forfeiture of the rental agreement and damages. Id. at 8. Afifi attempted to remove 22 the case to federal court because, according to her, Chiang violated various federal statutes 23 …