Duran
Duran v. Lepore
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOLYNN DURAN, No. 1:20-cv-01693-NONE-SAB Plaintiff, v. SUA SPONTE ORDER REMANDING
ACTION TO STATE COURT
RYAN LEPORE, et al., (Doc. No. 1) Defendants.
16 The undersigned revokes any actual or anticipated referral to a magistrate judge for the purposes of findings and recommendations in this case. On November 30, 2020, defendant1 Jolynn Duran filed a pro se Notice of Removal with this court, seeking to remove an action from the Merced County Superior Court for the third time. (Doc. No. 1; see also Nos. 1:20-cv-01495-AWI-EPG, 1:20-cv-01562-NONE-EPG.) For the following reasons, the court sua sponte REMANDS this case to the Merced 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, 1042 (9th 26 Though Jolynn Duran has named herself as plaintiff, that is incorrect. In…