Mendoza

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ARTEM REV ALPHA LLC, et al., No. 1:20-cv-01475-NONE-SAB 11 Plaintiffs, 12 v. SUA SPONTE ORDER REMANDING 13 ACTION TO STATE COURT

ELOY MENDOZA,

14 (Doc. No. 1) Defendant. 15

16 17 The undersigned revokes any actual or anticipated referral to a magistrate judge for the 18 purposes of findings and recommendations in this case. 19 On October 16, 2020, defendant Eloy Mendoza filed a pro se Notice of Removal with this 20 court, seeking to remove an action from the Superior Court for the County of Stanislaus. (Doc. 21 No. 1.) For the following reasons, the court sua sponte REMANDS this case to the Stanislaus 22 County Superior Court. 23 Under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a), a defendant may remove an action to federal court if the 24 district court has original jurisdiction. Hunter v. Phillip Morris USA, 582 F.3d 1039, 1042 (9th 25 Cir. 2009). If at any time before final judgment it appears that the district court lacks subject 26 matter…