Green

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHELBY GREEN, ) Case No.: 1:22-cv-0435 JLT EPG ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO ) REMAND v. ) ) (Doc. 5) MELODY “DOE”; WALMART, INC.; and ) DOES 1 through 50, inclusive; ) ) Defendants. ) )

Shelby Green asserts that she slipped and fell in a Walmart store and seeks to hold the defendants liable for negligence and premises liability. (See Doc. 1 at 19-27.) Green asserts the Court lacks diversity jurisdiction, and requests the matter be remanded to the state court. (Doc. 5.) Walmart opposes the motion, maintaining the Court has diversity jurisdiction because Melody Doe is a fictitious defendant, and the citizenship of all named parties is diverse. (See Doc. 7.) The Court finds the matter suitable for decision without oral arguments, and no hearing will be set pursuant to Local Rule 230(g). For the reasons set forth below, the motion to…