South Bay Associates of SoCal, LLC v. Errol Townsend

Case 2:22-cv-05505-GW-JPR Document 1} Filed 08/12/ Page of jJS6 #:29 2 :

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

South Bay Associates of SoCal, LLC, CASE NUMBER:

CV 22-5505-GW-JPRx Plaintiff(s), v. Errol Townsend, Erik Townsend, ORDER REMANDING CASE TO STATE COURT Defendant(s). 11 The Court sua sponte REMANDS this action to the California Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, as set forth below. “The right of removal is entirely a creature of statute and ‘a suit commenced in a state court must remain there until cause is shown for its transfer under some act of Congress.” Syngenta Crop Prot., Inc. v. Henson, 537 U.S. 28, 32 (2002) (quoting Great N. Ry. Co. v. 17 |] Alexander, 246 U.S. 276, 280 (1918)). Generally, where Congress has acted to create a right of removal, those statutes are strictly construed against removal jurisdiction. Id.; Nevada v. Bank of 19 1! Am. Corp., 672 F.3d 661, 667…