Hendrickson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DEBORAH HENDRICKSON, No. 2:23-cv-02545-MCE-CKD Plaintiff, v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER NEWEL BRANDS, INC., et al., Defendants. ` Through this action, Plaintiff Deborah Hendrickson (“Plaintiff”) seeks relief from Defendants Newell Brands, Inc., Sunbeam Products, Inc., Target Corporation, and David Baulk (collectively “Defendants”) for injuries Plaintiff sustained using a blender she purchased at a Target location. Plaintiff initiated this action in the Solano County Superior Court, and Defendants thereafter removed it here, ostensibly pursuant to this Court’s diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Presently before the Court are Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand, ECF No. 11, and Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss David Baulk, ECF No. 14. For the following reasons, Plaintiff’s Motion is DENIED, and Defendants’ Motion is GRANTED.1 26 27 1 Because oral argument would not have been of material assistance, the Court ordered these 28 …