Van-Greunen
US National Bank Association v. Van-Greunen
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 US NATIONAL BANK ASSOCIATION, Case No. 25-cv-04123-JD
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE REPORT AND
v. RECOMMENDATION
SUSANNA ROUX VAN-GREUNEN, et al., 12 Defendants.
14 This is an action for unlawful detainer brought by plaintiff U.S. National Bank Association 15 (U.S. Bank), which was removed to this Court from Contra Costa County Superior Court by pro 16 se defendants Susanna Van-Gruenen and Ronald White. Dkt. No. 1. The case was assigned to 17 Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim, who granted defendants’ petitions to proceed in forma pauperis 18 (IFP), screened the complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2), and filed a Report and 19 Recommendation recommending the case be remanded for want of subject-matter jurisdiction. 20 Dkt. No. 5. The Report concluded that the complaint did not furnish a basis for federal-question 21 jurisdiction because it raised solely state law claims. Id. at 2-3. It also concluded that diversity 22 jurisdiction was lacking because the amount in controversy was not met and that…