Yan
Weiqing Yan v. Equaan D. Smith, et al.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 WEIQING YAN, Case No. 25-cv-06481-JD
8 Plaintiff,
ORDER RE REMAND
v. 9
10 EQUAAN D. SMITH, et al., Defendants. 11
12 13 Plaintiff Weiqing Yan filed an unlawful detainer action in the Alameda County Superior 14 Court against defendants Equaan Smith, Russell Robinson, and Ruslan Vdovicenco. Vdovicenco, 15 acting pro se, filed a notice of removal alleging federal question jurisdiction on the basis of his 16 belief that Yan violated the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act, 12 U.S.C. § 5201 et seq. 17 (PTFA). Dkt. No. 1. Vdovicenco subsequently filed a “counter-complaint” against Yan and 18 others on claims of breach of an oral agreement and unlawful eviction. Dkt. No. 8. Yan asks to 19 remand the case to state court, Dkt. No. 12, and to strike Vdovicenco’s counter-complaint, Dkt. 20 No. 13. She requests an award of attorneys’ fees for the remand motion. Dkt. No. 12 at 7-8. The 21 parties’ familiarity with the record is assumed, and the case is remanded to Alameda County 22 Superior Court. 23 …