Diaz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CARLOS DIAZ, Case No. 25-cv-03327-EMC

Plaintiff,

SECOND ORDER RE REMOVAL

v.

CHEVRON CORPORATION, et al., Docket No. 17 Defendants.

12 13 Previously, the Court issued an order asking the removing defendant, Contra Costa Electric, Inc. (“CCE”) to address questions related to its removal of this case from state to federal court. See Docket No. 16 (order). The Court essentially asked CCE to address two issues, one related to whether the other defendants in the case had consented to removal, and the other related to the timeliness of CCE’s removal. CCE has now filed its response brief. Having reviewed that brief, the Court still has some concerns, in particular, regarding the timeliness of removal. To be sure, CCE did not have a duty to investigate as to whether there was a basis for removability. See Harris v. Bankers Life & Cas. Co., 425 F.3d 689, 694 (9th Cir. 2005) (stating that “notice of removability under § 1446(b) is…