Arete Estee, LLC v. Kyung Ji Kim

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. 8:20-cv-00485-JLS-KES Date: March 30, 2020 Title: Arete Estee, LLC v. Kyung Ji Kim et al. Present: HONORABLE JOSEPHINE L. STATON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Terry Guerrero N/A Deputy Clerk Court Reporter

ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR PLAINTIFF: ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR DEFENDANT:

Not Present Not Present

PROCEEDINGS: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER REMANDING CASE TO ORANGE

COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, CASE NO. 30-2019-01101869-

CL-UD-HNB

Plaintiff Arete Estee, LLC filed this unlawful detainer action against Defendants Kyung Ji Kim and Kim Cantrell on October 2, 2019 in Orange County Superior Court. (See Compl., Ex. A to Notice of Removal, Doc. 1.) Defendant Kyung Ji Kim removed the case to this Court on March 10, 2020 under the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1443. (Notice of Removal, Doc. 1 ¶¶ 1–7.) Where a federal district court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction, it must remand the case, and it has the discretion to do so sua sponte. See Kelton Arms Condo. Owners Ass’n, Inc. v. Homestead Ins. Co., 346 F.3d 1190, 1192…