In re K&M Casinos, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JS-

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. 8:21-cv-01386-JLS-KES December 08, 2021 Title: In re K&M Casinos, Inc.

Present: Honorable JOSEPHINE L. STATON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Melissa Kunig N/A Deputy Clerk Court Reporter

ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR PETITIONER: ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR NON-PARTY:

Not Present Not Present

PROCEEDINGS: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER

MICHAEL LEBLANC’S MOTION TO REMAND (Doc. 11)

Before the Court is Petitioner Michael LeBlanc’s Motion to Remand. (Mot., Doc. 11.) Non-party Kevin Barclay opposed, and Petitioner replied. (Opp., Doc. 18; Reply, Doc. 19.) The Court finds this matter appropriate for decision without oral argument, and the hearing set for December 10, 2021, at 10:30 a.m. is VACATED. Fed. R. Civ. P. 78(b); L.R. 7-15. For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS Petitioner’s Motion.

Barclay—the third party who removed this action—has not met his burden in proving that removal was proper under 28 U.S.C. § 1441, which permits removal…