Ghiorso

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JOSEPH MICHAEL GHIORSO, No. 2:25-cv-02382-DJC-DMC 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 USA WASTE OF CALIFORNIA, INC., et 15 al., 16 Defendants. 17 Plaintiff Joseph Michael Ghiorso filed this action in the Superior Court of 18 California, County of Shasta against Defendants USA Waste of California, Inc. 19 (“USAWCA”), Jeff Flood, Rafael Enriquez, Cahil Chabers, 1 and Does 1 through 100. 20 (See Adams Decl., Ex. A (ECF No. 1-4) ¶¶ 4–9.) Defendant USAWCA removed the 21 case to this Court based on diversity of citizenship, arguing the parties were diverse 22 because the citizenship of Doe Defendants should be disregarded and Defendants 23 Flood, Enriquez, and Chabers were fraudulently joined. (See Not. (ECF No. 1) ¶¶ 8–9.) 24 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand (ECF No. 4), which argues 25

26 1 Defendant USAWCA asserts that Defendant was erroneously sued as “Cahil Chabers” and that the 27 correct spelling of this Defendant’s name is “Cahill Chavers.” (Not. at 4 n.1.) This Order refers…