Watson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WATSON et al., No. 1:21-cv-00362-DAD-JLT Plaintiff, v. ORDER SUA SPONTE REMANDING CASE

TO THE KERN COUNTY SUPERIOR

JOSE RAMIREZ, COURT AND DENYING MOTION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AS MOOT

Defendants. (Doc. Nos. 1, 2)

17 This is an unlawful detainer action brought under California state law by plaintiffs Kathy Watson and James Moore against defendant Jose Ramirez. On March 8, 2021, defendant removed this case to this federal court from the Kern County Superior Court. (Doc. No. 1.) According to defendant, removal is proper because plaintiff’s unlawful detainer action violates the U.S. Constitution and federal regulations passed in the wake of the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic. (Id. at 1–2.) Defendant filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis on the same date, March 8, 2021. (Doc. No. 2.) A district court has “a duty to establish subject matter jurisdiction over the removed…