Yellowcake, Inc. v. Mitchell

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 YELLOWCAKE, INC., No. 1:20-cv-00067-DAD-EPG Plaintiff, v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY

REMOVAL OF THIS ACTION IS

ALBERTO MITCHELL, et al., APPROPRIATE Defendants. 16 17 On December 12, 2019, plaintiff Yellowcake, Inc. (“Yellowcake”) commenced this action against various defendants in the Stanislaus County Superior Court. (Doc. No. 1-1.) On January 13, 2020, defendants removed the action to this federal court. (Doc. No. 1.) The notice of removal states that this court has subject matter jurisdiction over this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1338 and 1545, both of which confer jurisdiction to a district court over an action asserting claims for relief “arising under any Act of Congress relating to . . . copyrights.” (See also Doc. No. 1 at 2.) Although Yellowcake’s complaint does reference copyrighted works, it is not clear to the court that Yellowcake is asserting claims for relief that arise under an act of Congress…