Malfavon

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 GLORIA MALFAVON, Case No. 1:24-cv-00453-KES-EPG 11 Plaintiff, 12 v. ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR

JUDICIAL NOTICE

13 WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC., (ECF No. 4) 14 Defendants.

15 16 Defendant Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. (Walmart) removed this action on April 15, 2024, 17 from the Tulare County Superior Court. (ECF No. 1). Before the Court is Walmart’s request for 18 judicial notice of various documents that are attached as exhibits in support of its notice of removal. (ECF No. 4). 19 Under Federal Rule of Evidence 201(b), a court may take judicial notice of “a fact that is 20 not subject to reasonable dispute because it: (1) is generally known within the trial court’s 21 territorial jurisdiction; or (2) can be accurately and readily determined from sources whose 22 accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned.” The decision to take judicial notice lies within a 23 court’s discretion. See Khoja v. Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc., 899 F.3d 988, 998 (9th Cir. 2018). 24 Upon review of…