Dupuis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Overlook at Blue Ravine LLC, No. 2:23-cv-00633-KJM-KJN Plaintiff, ORDER v. Peter Dupuis, 1S Defendant. 16 Defendant Peter Dupuis, proceeding pro se, removed this unlawful detainer action from 18 the Sacramento County Superior Court. Notice of Removal, ECF No. 1. Dupuis also filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. Mot., ECF No. 2. For the reasons below, the court remands the matter to state court and denies the motion to proceed in forma pauperis as moot. When a case “of which the district courts of the United States have original jurisdiction” is 22 iitially brought in state court, a defendant may remove it to federal court. 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a). There are two primary bases for federal subject matter jurisdiction: (1) federal question 24 jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331, and (2) diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Under § 1331, district courts have federal…