Adrian Melendez v. Subaru of America, Inc.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ADRIAN MELENDEZ, Case No. 2:21-cv-02163-MCS-JC 11 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S 12

MOTION TO REMAND [15]

13 v.

14 SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC., and 15 DOES 1 through 20, inclusive,

16 Defendants. 17 18 19 Plaintiff Adrian Melendez file a Motion to Remand, Defendant Subaru of 20 America, Inc. filed an Opposition and Plaintiff filed a Reply. Mot., ECF No. 15; Opp., 21 ECF No. 17; Reply, ECF No. 21. The Court deems the matter appropriate for decision 22 without oral argument and vacates the hearing. Fed. R. Civ. P. 78(b); Local Rule 7-15. 23 I. BACKGROUND 24 Plaintiff’s 2018 Subaru VRX (the “Vehicle”) exhibited defects after Plaintiff 25 bought it for $37,541.19 on March 19, 2019, including a defective body system, tire 26 pressure monitoring system, transmission system, window wiper system, and 27 “engine/emission system.” Compl. ¶¶ 6, 11-12, ECF No. 1-2; see also Julian Moore 28 Decl. ¶ 3, ECF No. 13-1. Plaintiff presented the Vehicle for repair and notified Subaru 1 of the …