Eric Sanvelian v. Ryder Truck Rental, Inc.

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United States District Court Central District of California

11 ERIC SANVELIAN, Case № 2:20-cv-01314-ODW (SKx)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT

v.

RYDER TRUCK RENTAL, INC.’S

14 RYDER TRUCK RENTAL, INC. et al., MOTION TO DISMISS OR STRIKE [14]; GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S Defendants.

MOTION TO REMAND [15]

17 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Eric Sanvelian (“Sanvelian”) initiated this action in the Superior Court 20 of California against Defendants Ryder Truck Rental, Inc. (“Ryder”), Andre 21 Guillaume, and Danny Zwerling (“Defendants”). (See Notice of Removal (“NOR”) 22 Ex. 1 (“Compl.”), ECF No. 1-1.) After Sanvelian dropped Guillaume and Zwerling 23 from the pleadings, Ryder removed based on diversity jurisdiction and Sanvelian 24 amended his complaint to re-add the two diversity-destroying Defendants. (See 25 generally NOR 1, 5, ECF No. 1; Third Am. Compl. (“TAC”), ECF No. 7.) Now 26 pending before the Court are Ryder’s Motion to Dismiss or Strike Sanvelian’s TAC 27…