Brown
Joseph Mark Angeja v. Joy LaJuan Brown
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSEPH MARK ANGEJA, No. 2:25-cv-03596-DAD-CSK (PS) Plaintiff, v. ORDER SUA SPONTE REMANDING CASE
TO SACRAMENTO COUNTY SUPERIOR
JOY LAJUAN BROWN, COURT AND DENYING MOTION TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND
Defendant. MOTION FOR A TEMPORARY
RESTRAINING ORDER AS MOOT
16 (Doc. Nos. 2, 3)
18 This is an unlawful detainer action brough under California state law by plaintiff Joseph Mark Angeja. On December 12, 2025, defendant Joy LaJuan Brown, proceeding pro se, removed the action to this federal court from the Sacramento County Superior Court and filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis and a motion for a temporary restraining order. (Doc. Nos. 1, 2, 3.) A district court has “a duty to establish subject matter jurisdiction over the removed action sua sponte, whether the parties raised the issue or not.” United Investors Life Ins. Co. v. Waddell & Reed, Inc., 360 F.3d 960, 967 (9th Cir. 2004). The…