Darbison

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 HELEN DARBISON, individually; No. 2:22-cv-00760 WBS AC and ELLIE LONGANECKER, individually, Plaintiffs, ORDER RE: MOTION TO REMAND v. MICHELLE SWEARINGEN; WOODLAKE CARE GROUP LLC dba THE WOODLAKE; LEISURE CARE LLC; and DOES 1 to 100, inclusive, 18 Defendants.

20 ----oo0oo---- 21 Plaintiffs brought this action in Sacramento County Superior Court based on injuries plaintiff Helen Darbison allegedly suffered as a resident at a residential care facility operated by defendants. (See Compl. (Docket No. 1-3).) Plaintiffs assert claims for elder abuse, multiple forms of fraud, and negligent infliction of emotional distress. (Id.) After defendants removed the case to this court, (see Notice of Removal (“Notice”) (Docket No. 1)), plaintiffs filed the instant motion to remand the case back to state court, (see Mot. (Docket No. 9-1)).1 I. Factual and Procedural Background2 After receiving a total hip…