52 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1729, 53 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 39,952, 12 Employee Benefits Ca 1794 Shizuko Nishimoto v. Federman-Bachrach & Associates Walter Federman & Company Albert G. Ruben & Company, Inc., a Corporation Richard A. Sierra

903 F.2d 709 52 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 1729 , 53 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 39,952 , 12 Employee Benefits Ca 1794 Shizuko NISHIMOTO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FEDERMAN-BACHRACH & ASSOCIATES; Walter Federman & Company; Albert G. Ruben & Company, Inc., a Corporation; Richard A. Sierra, Defendants-Appellees. No. 88-6338. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 10, 1989. Decided May 17, 1990. Lee W. Landrum, Carlsbad, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Ralph S. LaMontagne, Jr. and John T. McDowell, Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before FLETCHER and NELSON, Circuit Judges, and CARROLL, * District Judge. NELSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Shizuko Nishimoto filed this action against her former employers and a former supervisor, alleging that she had been fired for two unlawful reasons: her age and the defendants' desire to deprive her of pension benefits. The action was filed in state court and was later removed to federal court. Nishimoto appeals from the district court's refusal to remand parts of the case to state court, and from the…