Calamco

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CALAMCO, No. 2:21-cv-01201-KJM-KJN Plaintiff, ORDER v. J. R. Simplot Company, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 CALAMCO, the plaintiff in this declaratory judgment action, moves to remand the case to 18 state court and to disqualify Perkins Coie LLP, which represents the defendant, J.R. Simplot Company. Simplot has established this court’s jurisdiction based on the parties’ diversity of 20 citizenship and the amount in controversy, and the court is not persuaded Perkins Coie faces a disqualifying conflict of interest. The motions to remand and disqualify are denied. 22 I. BACKGROUND CALAMCO is an agricultural cooperative. Compl. § 4, Not. Removal Ex. C, ECF No. 24 1-3. It was organized in the 1950s to supply fertilizers to California growers. See id. □ 9. Simplot is a food and agricultural business. See id. 45. It sells many products, including 26 fertilizer. See id. 999, 15.…