Garcia

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 1] Aminian Yazdi, Trustee of the Aminian Yazdi No. 2:24-cv-01311-KJM-CKD Trust, 12 ORDER B Plaintiff, 14 Vv. 15 Juan Garcia and Aracelia Olivares, 16 Defendants. 17 18 Plaintiff commenced this unlawful detainer action in state court under California law as a 19 | limited civil case in which the amount claimed does not exceed $10,000. See Compl. at □□□□ Ex. 20 | 1, ECF No. 1. Defendant Olivares, who is not represented by counsel, then removed the action to 21 | this court. Contrary to the notice of removal, the complaint asserts no federal claims, and the 22 | amount in controversy does not exceed $75,000. This court therefore lacks jurisdiction. See 23 | 28 US.C. § 1441(a) (removal jurisdiction); id. § 1331 (federal question jurisdiction); id. § 1332 24 | (diversity jurisdiction). 25 Defendant alleges in its notice of removal that this action involves a federal question. See 26 | Not. Removal at 4. As…