Julie Gertler v. Omni Hotels Management Corporation
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL
Case No. 2:23-cv-08118-MAA Date: February 21, 2024 Title Julie Gertler v. Omni Hotels Management Corporation et al.
Present: The Honorable MARIA A. AUDERO, United States Magistrate Judge
Narissa Estrada N/A Deputy Clerk Court Reporter / Recorder Attorneys Present for Plaintiff: Attorneys Present for Defendants:
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Proceedings (In Chambers): Order Regarding Plaintiff’s Ex Parte Application to Remand this Action Back to Riverside Superior Court (ECF No. 35) Before the Court is Plaintiff Julie Gertler’s (“Plaintiff”) Ex Parte Application to Remand this Action Back to Riverside Superior Court (“Application”), filed January 31, 2024. (ECF No. 35.) In the Application, Plaintiff requests remand of the action back to Riverside Superior Court because newly added Defendant, Southwest Landscape, is a California citizen with its principal place of business in Indio, California. (Id. at 1, 5, 7.) Plaintiff contends that because this action was removed solely on the basis of diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. 1332(a), the action must be remanded pursuant to 28…