Woodhall

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Cliff Wadiak, Trustee of the Don Har Trust, No. 2:21-cv-01075-KJM-AC Plaintiff, ORDER Vv. Vincent Woodhall, et al., Defendants. 16 Defendants Vincent and Larri Lynn Woodhall, proceeding pro se, removed this unlawful 18 detainer action, Notice of Removal, ECF No. 1, and moved to proceed here in forma pauperis, Mot., ECF No. 2. The court remands the case to Sacramento County Superior Court and 20 denies the motion to proceed in forma pauperis. When a case “of which the district courts of the United States have original jurisdiction” is 22 initially brought in state court, a defendant may remove it to federal court. 28 U.S.C. § □□□□ □□□□ The court strictly construes removal statutes against removal. Takeda v. Nw. Nat. Life Ins. Co., 765 F.2d 815, 818 (9th Cir. 1985). A federal district court may remand a case sua sponte where a defendant has not established federal jurisdiction. See 28 U.S.C. §…