Georgia Baker v. Sunrise Senior Living, a Corporation

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United States District Court Central District of California

11 GEORGIA BAKER, Case № 2:20-CV-07167-ODW (SKx)

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v.

REMAND [11]

14 SUNRISE SENIOR LIVING, et al.,

Defendants.

16 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Georgia Baker initiated this wrongful termination suit against 19 Defendants Sunrise Senior Living Management, Inc.1 and Herman Marquez in the 20 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles. (Decl. of Hazel U. Poei Ex. A 21 (“Compl.”), ECF No. 1-2.) Defendants removed the action to this Court based on 22 alleged diversity jurisdiction. (NOR ¶¶ 7–8.) Plaintiff moves to remand (“Motion”). 23 (Mot. to Remand (“Mot.”), ECF No. 11.) For the reasons discussed below, the Court 24 finds that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction and consequently REMANDS this action 25 to state court.2

Sunrise asserts that Baker erroneously sued “Sunrise Senior Living.” (Notice of Removal 27 (“NOR”) 1, ECF No. 1.) 28 2 Having carefully considered the papers filed…