Ryan Kavanaugh v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA

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2 3 4 5 6 7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California 9 10 11 RYAN KAVANAUGH, Case №: 2:19-cv-02145-ODW (SSx) Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 14 NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE REMAND [11] 15 COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA et al., Defendants. I. INTRODUCTION On January 28, 2019, Plaintiff Ryan Kavanaugh filed this insurance bad faith 19 action in the Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles. (Notice of 20 Removal Ex. B (“Compl.”), ECF No. 1-2.) Prior to the other defendants appearing, 21 Defendant Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, Inc. (“Gallagher”) 22 removed this matter based on federal diversity jurisdiction. (See Notice of Removal 23 2, 5–6, ECF No. 1.) Kavanaugh moves to remand. (Mot. to Remand (“Mot.”), ECF 24 No. 11.) For the reasons that follow, the Court GRANTS Kavanaugh’s Motion and 25 REMANDS this action to state court.1 26

28 1 After carefully considering the papers filed in connection with the Motion, the Court deemed the matter appropriate for decision without…