Kaur

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MANDEEP KAUR, et al., No. 1:19-cv-01541-DAD-JLT Plaintiffs, v. ORDER SUA SPONTE REMANDING

ACTION TO KERN COUNTY SUPERIOR

DAVID JOHNSON, et al., COURT Defendants. 16 17 This is an unlawful detainer action brought under California state law by plaintiffs Mandeep Kaur and Parminder Bajwa (collectively “plaintiffs”) against defendants David and Latunja Johnson (collectively “defendants”). On October 30, 2019, pro se defendants removed this case to this federal court from the Kern County Superior Court. (Doc. No. 1.) Defendants assert that the basis for removal is the presence of federal question jurisdiction, because defendants are bona fide tenants under the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act (“PTFA”). (Id. at ¶ 3.) Defendants argue that plaintiffs were required to state a cause of action under the PTFA but sought to avoid providing the defendants the protections of that statute by filing this action as an…