Shane Investments Group, LLC v. Greater Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church of Los Angeles, Inc.

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SHANE INVESTMENTS GROUP, LLC., CASE NUMBER:

10 11 CV 19-8758-GW (AGRx) Plaintiff 12 v. 13 || GREATER METROPOLITAN 14 || MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH OF ORDER REMANDING CASE TO LOS ANGELES, et al., STATE COURT 15 Defendant(s). 16 17 The Court sua sponte REMANDS this action to the California Superior Court for the 18 County of Los Angeles for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, as set forth below. 19 “The right of removal is entirely a creature of statute and ‘a suit commenced in a state 20 must remain there until cause is shown for its transfer under some act of Congress.” 21 Syngenta Crop Prot., Inc. v. Henson, 537 U.S. 28, 32 (2002) (quoting Great N. Ry. Co. v. 22 Alexander, 246 U.S. 276, 280 (1918)). Generally, where Congress has acted to create a right of 23 removal, those statutes are strictly construed against removal jurisdiction. Id.; Nevada v. Bank of 24 || Am. Corp. 672 F.3d 661, 667 (9th Cir.…