Michelle Meeks v. Host International, Inc.

MEMORANDUM

Michelle Meeks appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing her petition to vacate the arbitration award concerning the termination of her employment. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo the district court’s denial of Meeks’s motion for remand to state court, Ramirez v. Fox Television Station, Inc., 998 F.2d 743, 747 (9th Cir.1993), and its dismissal for failure to state a claim under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6), Ass’n for L.A. Deputy Sheriffs v. County of Los Angeles, 648 F.3d 986 , 991 (9th Cir.2011). We may affirm on any basis supported by the record, Johnson v. Riverside Healthcare Sys., LP, 534 F.3d 1116, 1121 (9th Cir.2008), and we affirm.

The district court properly denied Meeks’s motion for remand because her petition, at least in part, arose under federal law. See Provincial Gov’t of Marinduque v. Placer Dome, Inc., 582 F.3d 1083, 1086-87 (9th Cir.2009) (federal question jurisdiction arises under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 if a federal right or immunity is an essential element of plaintiffs claim or if a state law claim necessarily raises a disputed and substantial federal issue); see also Ramirez, 998 F.2d at 747 (state law claims…