Epperly

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 GOLD RIDGE APARTMENTS OWNER, No. 2:20-cv-00129-JAM-EFB

LLC,

13 Plaintiff, SUA SPONTE ORDER REMANDING v. ACTION TO STATE COURT

RENEE EPPERLY,

16 Defendant. 17 18 The undersigned revokes any actual or anticipated referral to a Magistrate Judge for the purposes of Findings and Recommendations in this case. See Local Rule 302(d) (“Notwithstanding any other provision of this Rule, a Judge may retain any matter otherwise routinely referred to a Magistrate Judge.”). On January 17, 2020, Defendant Renee Epperly filed a Notice of Removal with this Court, seeking to remove an action from the Sacramento County Superior Court. Notice of Removal, ECF No. 1. For the following reasons, the Court sua sponte REMANDS this case to Sacramento County Superior Court. Under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a), a defendant may remove an action to federal court if the district court has original jurisdiction. Hunter v. Phillip Morris USA, 582 F.3d 1039,…