Lawson
Lawson v. West Contra Costa Unified School District
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 BRANDON WILLIAM LAWSON, Case No. 25-cv-07089-WHO Plaintiff, 8
ORDER GRANTING REMAND
v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 10 10 WEST CONTRA COSTA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., 11 Defendants. 12 Plaintiff Brandon William Lawson (“Lawson”), proceeding pro se, moves to remand this 13 action back to Contra Costa County Superior Court. Lawson argues that by deleting his sole cause 14 of action that allowed for federal question jurisdiction, the case must be remanded back to state 15 16 court. I agree. The Motion to Remand is GRANTED.1 17 BACKGROUND 18 Lawson, a former substitute teacher in West Contra Costa Unified School District 19 (“WCCUSD”), filed suit against WCCUSD and two individual district employees (together, 20 “defendants”) in state court after he was fired from his position on June 12, 2025. Notice of 21 Removal Exh. A [Dkt. No. 1-1] at 6–13. In the complaint, Lawson alleged five causes of action: 22 four causes of action arising under California state law violations and one cause of action for a 23 24 violation…