Yellowcake, Inc. v. Mitchell
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 YELLOWCAKE, INC., No. 1:20-cv-00067-DAD-JDP Plaintiff, v. ORDER DISCHARGING THE ORDER TO
SHOW CAUSE
ALBERTO MITCHELL, et al., (Doc. No. 5) Defendants.
16 On January 16, 2020, this court issued an order to show cause as to why removal of this action is appropriate. (Doc. No. 5.) In particular, the court noted that defendants Alberto Mitchell, Maria Mitchell, and Platino Records (collectively, “defendants”) had removed this action to this federal court on the basis of federal question jurisdiction grounded on plaintiff Yellowcake, Inc.’s references to copyrighted work in its complaint, even though it was not entirely clear to the court that plaintiff was asserting claims for relief arising under an act of Congress relating to copyrights. (Id. at 1.) Defendants timely filed a response to the order to show cause on January 30, 2020. (Doc. No. 7.) Plaintiff did not reply to defendants’ response. “Federal courts are…