Young

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CATAMOUNT PROPERTIES 2018, No. 2:23-cv-02005-DJC-CKD PS

LLC,

12 Plaintiff, ORDER v.

CATHERINE YOUNG,

15 Defendant. 16 This is an unlawful detainer action brought under California state law by Plaintiff Catamount Properties 2018, LLC against Defendant Catherine Young. On Friday, September 15, 2023, Defendant filed a Notice of Removal in federal court, seeking to remove the action from Sacramento County Superior Court. (Notice of Removal (ECF No. 1).) A district court has “a duty to establish subject matter jurisdiction over the removed action sua sponte, whether the parties raised the issue or not.” , 360 F.3d 960, 967 (9th Cir. 2004). The removal statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1441, is strictly construed against removal jurisdiction. , 599 F.3d 1102, 1107 (9th Cir. 2010); , 582 F.3d 1083, 1087 (9th Cir. 2009). It is presumed that a case lies…