OLIVA PAIZ v. VOXELMAPS INC

1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7

LUIS H. OLIVA PAIZ,

8 Case No. 25-cv-05640 NC Plaintiff, 9

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE:

v. 10 NOTICE OF REMOVAL

VOXELMAPS INC.,

11 Re: Dkt. 1 Defendant. 12

13 14 On July 3, 2025, Defendant Voxelmaps Inc. removed this case to this court from 15 Santa Clara County Superior Court. Dkt. 1, Notice of Removal. The Notice asserts that 16 federal jurisdiction is satisfied by diversity jurisdiction and that the procedural 17 requirements of removal are all fulfilled. Dkt. 1. The Court requests additional 18 information from Voxelmaps in support of its removal to federal court. 19 As a starting point, the general statute governing removal, 28 U.S.C. § 1441, is 20 “strictly construe[d] . . . against removal jurisdiction.” Hansen v. Grp. Health Coop., 902 21 F.3d 1051, 1056 (9th Cir. 2018) (citations and quotation marks omitted); Gaus v. Miles, 22 Inc., 980 F.2d 564, 566 (9th Cir. 1992). If a district court determines at any time that less 23 than a preponderance of…