Jackie Saldana v. Glenhaven Healthcare LLC

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JACKIE SALDANA; CELIA SALDANA; No. 20-56194

RICARDO SALDANA, JR.; MARIA

SALDANA, as individuals and as D.C. No. successors and heirs to Ricardo 2:20-cv-05631- Saldana, deceased, FMO-MAA Plaintiffs-Appellees,

v. OPINION

GLENHAVEN HEALTHCARE LLC, a California corporation; CARAVAN OPERATIONS CORP., a California corporation; MATTHEW KARP, an individual; BENJAMIN KARP, an individual, Defendants-Appellants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Fernando M. Olguin, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 21, 2021 Pasadena, California

Filed February 22, 2022 Before: Ryan D. Nelson and Lawrence VanDyke, Circuit Judges, and Karen E. Schreier, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Schreier

SUMMARY **

Federal Subject Matter Jurisdiction

The panel affirmed the district court’s order remanding a removed case to state court for lack of federal subject matter jurisdiction.

Relatives of Ricardo Saldana, who allegedly died from COVID-19 at Glenhaven Healthcare nursing home,…