Teresa Marin v. Target Corporation

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2 3 4 5 6 7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California 9 10 11 TERESA MARIN, Case №. 2:20-CV-3502-ODW (PJWx) Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING

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MOTION TO REMAND [15]

TARGET CORPORATION; and DOES 1 14 through 99, inclusive, 15 Defendants. 16 17 I. INTRODUCTION On April 15, 2020, Defendant Target Corporation removed this action from the 20 Los Angeles Superior Court on the basis of diversity jurisdiction. (Notice of Removal 21 (“Notice”) ¶¶ 1–5, ECF No. 1.) Now before the Court is Plaintiff Teresa Marin’s 22 Motion to Remand on the basis that removal was untimely under 28 U.S.C. § 1446(b). 23 (Mot. to Remand (Mot.), ECF No. 15.) Specifically, Marin argues that Target’s 24 thirty-day removal period began to run when Target was served with the Complaint, 25 which alleges that Marin is a California resident. (See Mot.) Target argues that its 26 thirty-day removal period did not begin to run until much later, when Marin responded 27 to discovery requests stating that she intended to remain a California resident. (See 28 1 Opp’n.) For the reasons that follow,…