8437 Cedros Ave, LLC v. Jaylin Blannon

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

8437 CEDROS AVE, LLC, Case No. 2:23-cv-06481-SB-SSC Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING REQUEST TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

JAYLIN BLANNON, AND REMANDING CASE

Defendant.

Plaintiff 8437 Cedros Ave, LLC, filed a complaint for unlawful detainer in state court. Dkt. No. 1 at 5 of 8. Defendant Jaylin Blannon, proceeding pro se, removed the case to this Court, claiming that federal jurisdiction is proper under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Dkt. No. 1 at 2. Conclusorily claiming that Plaintiff does not reside in this state and damages would exceed the amount-in-controversy requirement, Defendant invokes diversity jurisdiction. Id.1 Defendant requests leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP). Dkt. No. 3. The IFP statute directs federal courts to determine whether a petitioner’s action is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). Accordingly, the Court reviewed the notice of removal and state court records to determine whether removal was proper. Federal courts have an “independent obligation to determine whether subject-matter jurisdiction exists”…