(PS)(UD)Barzgar

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ABASS BARZGAR, Trustee of the No. 2:19-cv-2079-KJM-KJN

BEHPUR REVOCABLE TRUST,

12 Plaintiff, ORDER v.

TERESA PAYSINGER,

15 Defendant.

17 On October 17, 2019, defendant Teresa Paysinger, proceeding pro se, removed this 18 unlawful detainer action from Sacramento County Superior Court. ECF No. 1. As explained 19 below, the court REMANDS the case to the Sacramento County Superior Court. 20 When a “civil action . . . of which the district courts of the United States have 21 original jurisdiction” is initially brought in state court, a defendant may remove it to federal court. 22 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a). There are two primary bases for federal subject matter jurisdiction: 23 (1) federal question jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331, and (2) diversity jurisdiction under 28 24 U.S.C. § 1332. Under § 1331, district courts have federal question jurisdiction over “all civil 25 actions arising under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States.” 28 U.S.C. § 1331. 26 Under the longstanding well-pleaded…