Archuleta

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CLIFF’S NEW MARINA, No. 2:24-cv-00126-DJC-KJN PS Plaintiff, v. ORDER FAITH C. ARCHULETA, Defendant. 16 This is an unlawful detainer action brought under California state law by Plaintiff 17 Cliff’s New Marina against Defendant Faith C. Archuleta. On Wednesday, January 10, 18 2024, Defendant filed a Notice of Removal in federal court, seeking to remove the 19 action from Sacramento County Superior Court. (Notice of Removal (ECF No. 1).) 20 A district court has “a duty to establish subject matter jurisdiction over the 21 removed action sua sponte, whether the parties raised the issue or not.” United 22 Investors Life Ins. Co. v. Waddell & Reed, Inc., 360 F.3d 960, 967 (9th Cir. 2004). The 23 removal statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1441, is strictly construed against removal jurisdiction. 24 Geographic Expeditions, Inc. v. Estate of Lhotka, 599 F.3d 1102, 1107 (9th Cir. 2010); 25 Provincial Gov’t of Marinduque v. Placer Dome, Inc., 582 F.3d 1083, 1087 (9th Cir. 26 2009). It…