(PS) Starks v. FPI Management
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 KEVIN STARKS, No. 2:25-cv-01382-TLN-CKD (PS) 12 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO
13 v. REMAND AND DENYING DEFENDANTS’
MOTIONS TO DISMISS
14 FPI MANAGEMENT, et al., (ECF Nos. 14, 21, 22) 15 Defendants. 16
17 18 Defendant I.Q. Data International, Inc. (“I.Q. Data”) removed this action from San 19 Joaquin County Superior Court on May 14, 2025. (ECF No. 1.) Defendants FPI Management; 20 Patmon Company, Inc. (“Patmon”); and Patmon Stonebrier1 (“Stonebrier”) consented to the 21 removal of this case. (Id. at 66.) Plaintiff Kevin Starks proceeds in this civil action without 22 counsel. This matter is before the undersigned pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Local Rule 23 302(c)(21). 24 Presently before the Court is plaintiff’s motion to deny removal, which the Court 25 construes as a motion to remand (ECF No. 17); and defendants FPI Management, Patmon, and 26 Stonebrier’s motion to dismiss (ECF No. 6) and…