Marie Teresa Acosta Zarate v. Walmart, Inc.

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5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARIE TERESA ACOSTA ZARATE, Case No. 2:25-cv-02801-HDV-Ex 11

Plaintiff, 12 ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S 13 v. MOTION FOR REMAND [12]

14 WALMART STORES, INC. et al.,

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18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 I. INTRODUCTION 2 This case arises from a slip-and-fall at a Walmart in Downey, California. Plaintiff Marie 3 Teresa Acosta Zarate brought this action in state court against Walmart Stores Inc. (“Walmart”), 4 alleging premises liability and negligence. Walmart removed to this Court. Zarate added store 5 manager Juan Cruz Nunez as a defendant and now moves to remand the action to state court for lack 6 of complete diversity. Second Motion to Remand (“Motion”) [Dkt. No. 12]. Walmart opposes 7 remand, contending that Nunez is a sham defendant, added solely to destroy complete diversity. 8 The Motion is granted. Plaintiff alleges in the main that a California customer was injured 9 shopping in a California store by a dangerous…