Alvarez

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 SERGIO ALVAREZ, Case No. 1:23-cv-01725-JLT-BAM 12 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

REGARDING (1) PLAINTIFF’S

13 v. OBJECTIONS TO REMOVAL; AND (2)

DEFENDANT MORRIS-SHEA BRIDGE

14 MORRIS-SHEA BRIDGE COMPANY, COMPANY, INC.’S MOTION TO DISMISS

INC., PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT OR, IN THE

15 ALTERNATIVE, TO REQUIRE A MORE Defendant. DEFINITE STATEMENT 16 (Docs. 4, 6) 17 18 Sergio Alvarez seeks damages against Morris-Shea Bridge Company, Inc. in the amount 19 of $100,000, for alleged fraud. (See generally Doc. 1-3.) Morris-Shea removed the action from 20 Fresno County Superior Court based on diversity of citizenship. (Id.) Plaintiff objected to 21 removal. (Doc. 6.) Before the Court are Plaintiff’s objections to removal and Morris-Shea’s 22 motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) or, 23 in the alternative, for a more definite statement…