Moore

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DEANNE MOORE, an individual, 1:19-cv-01183-LJO-SKO

Plaintiff, MEMORANDUM DECISION AND

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. REMAND (ECF No. 5)

CITY OF MERCED, a public entity; COUNTY OF MERCED, a public entity; CYNTHIA VASQUEZ-QUILON, an individual; NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION, a district of Columbia Corporation; and Does 1-25 inclusive, Defendants. 12 13 On June 10, 2019, Plaintiff Deanne Moore filed a Complaint in Merced County Superior Court, 15 naming as Defendants the City of Merced (“City”), the County of Merced (“County”), Cynthia Vasquez- 16 Quilon (“Quilon”), and the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, dba Amtrak (“Amtrak”). ECF No. 17 1 at ¶ 1. On July 26, 2019, Plaintiff voluntarily dismissed the City. Id. at ¶ 2. On July 30, 2019, Plaintiff 18 filed a first amended complaint, again in Merced County Superior Court, this time naming only the 19 County, Quilon, and Amtrak. Id. at Ex. A (“FAC”). The FAC alleges that Plaintiff was a passenger on 20 Amtrak Train #8303…