Beathia

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 Charman Beathia, 1:22-cv-00474-NODJ-CDB Plaintiffs, ORDER v. Costco Wholesale Corporation, et al., Defendants. 15 Plaintiff Charman Beathia brought this action against defendants Costco Wholesale Corporation, Sargon Davoodi and doe defendants in state court for an injury she sustained on Costco’s premises. Costco removed the action to this court, seeking to invoke this court’s 19 diversity jurisdiction. Ms. Beathia now moves to amend her complaint to add a non-diverse 20 defendant, Trey Cardwell, who was the manager of Costco when she fell. If Trey Cardwell were joined, the parties would not be diverse, so in the same motion, Ms. Beathia seeks to remand this 22 action to state court. For the following reasons, the court grants the motion.!

'Tn the interests of justice and addressing the heavy civil caseloads in the Fresno courthouse, the undersigned resolves the pending motion to…