Gabrielino Tongva Tribe v. Jonathan Stein

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GABRIELINO-TONGVA TRIBE, Case No. 2:21-cv-05871-MCS-DFM 11 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

REMAND (ECF NO. 12) AND

v. DENYING MOTION TO

CONSOLIDATE (ECF NO. 21)

JONATHAN STEIN, LAW OFFICES

OF JONATHAN STEIN, ST.

MONICA DEVELOPMENT

COMPANY,

17 Defendants.

19 Plaintiff, the Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe (“the Tribe”), moves to remand this action 20 to the Los Angeles County Superior Court. (MTR, ECF No. 12.) Defendants Jonathan 21 Stein, the Law Offices of Jonathan Stein, and the St. Monica Development Company, 22 oppose the MTR and the Tribe has replied. (Opp’n, ECF No. 18; Reply, ECF No. 19.) 23 Defendants have also filed a Motion to Consolidate this and a related case before the 24 Court (2:21-cv-05653), to which the Tribe has replied. (ECF Nos. 21–22.) The Court 25 has deemed this matter appropriate for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. Civ. 26 P. 78; C.D. Cal. R. 7-15. For the following reasons, the motion to remand is GRANTED 27 and Motion to Consolidate Cases is DENIED. 28…