Chen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 HANLU CHEN, Case No. 25-cv-04187-NC 11 Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE AS TO NOTICE OF REMOVAL v. Re: ECF

EZRA STUETZEL,

14 Defendant. 15 16 Self-represented Defendant Ezra Stuetzel filed a notice of removal for an eviction action initiated in Santa Clara County Superior Court. ECF 1. The notice of removal lacks required information, without which the Court cannot ascertain whether removal to federal court is proper. First, a defendant removing a civil action from state court to federal court must file a notice of removal “containing a short and plain statement of the grounds for removal, together with a copy of all process, pleadings, and orders served upon such defendant or defendants in such action.” 28 U.S.C. § 1446(a). Stuetzel’s notice of removal does not attach the filings from state court, including Plaintiff Hanlu Chen’s complaint and any answer filed by…