Kovacs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 ANDRE KOVACS, individually and No. 2:22-cv-00120 WBS AC as heir and successor in interest to LIBERTY KOVACS, deceased, ORDER RE: MOTIONS TO REMAND Plaintiff, AND TO DISMISS COMPLAINT 15 v. 16 MEK NORWOOD PINES, LLC, dba NORWOOD PINES ALZHEIMERS CENTER, and DOES 51-60, 18 Defendants.

20 ----oo0oo---- 21 Plaintiff brought this action in Sacramento Superior Court against defendant MEK Norwood Pines, LLC (“Norwood”). (Compl. (Docket No. 1-1).) Defendants removed the action to this court on January 19, 2022. (Notice of Removal (“Notice”) (Docket No. 1).) Before the court are defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims and plaintiff’s motion to remand to state 28 court. (Docket Nos. 4, 7.)1 I. Factual and Procedural Background Norwood operates Norwood Pines Alzheimer’s Center, a skilled nursing facility located in Sacramento, California. (Compl. at ¶¶ 1, 5.) Liberty Kovacs, plaintiff’s…