Bonner

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Now pending before the Court are (1) Plaintiffs Motion to Remand and (2) Plaintiffs Motion to Join Additional Defendants. For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiffs motions are DENIED.

BACKGROUND

Dorsi Bonner claims that her picture has been misappropriated and used on packaging for disposable cameras. She does not know exactly how her likeness made its way onto the cameras, but she wants someone to pay for it — to the tune of some undetermined amount, but not less than $75,000. She asserts various causes of action under California law for the wrong she has suffered, among them invasion of privacy, appropriation of likeness, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, unfair business practices, and the violation of several state statutes.

Bonner originally filed suit on January 13, 2006, in Alameda County Superior Court. The only defendant she named was Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc. (“Fuji”), the manufacturer of the disposable cameras. Compl. ¶ 2. In addition, she named numerous “Doe” defendants, who she alleges were “responsible in some manner” for the injuries she suffered. Id. ¶ 3.

Fuji then turned around and filed a third-party complaint…