Kenneth Lake v. Ohana Military Communities

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

KENNETH LAKE; CRYSTAL LAKE; No. 19-17340

KYLE PAHONA; RYAN WILSON;

HEATHER WILSON; ASHLEY D.C. No. MOSELEY; TIMOTHY MOSELEY, 1:16-cv-00555- Plaintiffs-Appellants, LEK-KJM

v.

OPINION

OHANA MILITARY COMMUNITIES,

LLC; FOREST CITY RESIDENTIAL

MANAGEMENT, INC.,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Leslie E. Kobayashi, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 3, 2021 Honolulu, Hawaii

Filed September 27, 2021

Before: Richard R. Clifton, Ryan D. Nelson, and Daniel P. Collins, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge R. Nelson SUMMARY *

Federal Jurisdiction

The panel reversed the district court’s order denying plaintiffs’ motion to remand an action to state court, vacated all subsequent district court decisions for lack of jurisdiction, and remanded with instructions to remand to state court.

Military servicemember families sued Ohana Military Communities, LLC, and Forest City Residential Management, Inc., in Hawaii state court, alleging state law claims…