Short

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BOSCO CREDIT, LLC, Case No. 25-cv-05489-RFL

Plaintiff,

ORDER REMANDING CASE

v. Re: Dkt. Nos. 2, 12, 16, 20, 22 WILTON SHORT, et al., Defendants.

Defendant Wilton Short, who is representing himself, removed this action from Contra Costa County Superior Court. (Dkt. No. 1.) Short has filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis (Dkt. No. 2), which is GRANTED. On September 10, 2025, the Court issued an Order to Show Cause why the case should not be remanded for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. (Dkt. No. 12 (“OSC”).) In response, Short sought dismissal of the action and of his co-Defendant, default judgment in his favor, and leave to file a cross-complaint, and did not address the lack of subject matter jurisdiction described in the OSC. (Dkt. Nos. 14, 16–20, 22.) However, because there is no subject matter jurisdiction over this removed action, the only available remedy is remand, and the Court has no authority to dismiss claims on the merits or enter default judgment in either party’s favor. With respect to Short’s proposed cross-complaint (Dkt. No. 16-1), the claims asserted there cannot…