Ojiaku

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 1] REALTY ADVISORS, INC. No. 2:23-cv-2073 KJM CKD (PS) (UD) Plaintiff, ORDER v: NNEOMAN. OJIAKU, CHIMAIHE P. OJIAKU, AND DOES 1-10 inclusive Defendants. 16 On September 22, 2023, defendant Chimaihe P. Ojiaku, proceeding pro se, removed this unlawful detainer action from Sacramento County Superior Court. Notice of Removal, ECF No. 1. Ojiaku also filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. Mot., ECF No. 2. As explained below, the court remands the case to the Sacramento County Superior Court and denies as moot Ojiaku’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis. 22 I. SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION A. Legal Standard When a case “of which the district courts of the United States have original jurisdiction” is 25 initially 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 27 jurisdiction…