Ramirez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 HECTOR RAMIREZ, Case No. 2:22-cv-01047-JDP Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR LEAVE TO AMEND AND TO

v. REMAND ESTES EXPRESS LINES, ECF No. 5 Defendant. 16 Plaintiff filed this action against defendant Estes Express Lines in the Yolo County Superior Court. Defendant removed the case to this court in June 2022 under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(b) on the basis that there is diversity in citizenship—plaintiff is a citizen of California and Estes Express Lines is a Virginia corporation—and that the amount in controversy is more than 75,000 dollars. ECF No. 1 at 1-3; see 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a). On July 18, 2022, plaintiff filed a motion to amend, seeking to add two new defendants: Estes Terminals of California LLC and GI Trucking Co. dba Estes West. ECF No. 5 at 5-6. These new defendants are alleged to be citizens of California, and plaintiff argues that remand is appropriate based on this newfound lack…