Brooks
Brooks v. The GEO Group, Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 AUNTRELL BROOKS, Case No. 18-cv-04578-DMR
8 Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
9 v. AMEND AND REMANDING CASE TO
ALAMEDA COUNTY SUPERIOR
10 THE GEO GROUP, INC., COURT 11 Defendant. Re: Dkt. No. 38
12 Plaintiff Auntrell Brooks moves for leave to file a first amended complaint (“FAC”) 13 adding two new defendants, and to remand this action in the event the court grants him leave to 14 amend. [Docket No. 38.] The court held a hearing on July 31, 2019, and ordered Brooks to file a 15 new proposed FAC that includes citizenship allegations for the two proposed defendants, which 16 Brooks timely filed. [Docket Nos. 55, 57 (Proposed FAC).] For the following reasons, the motion 17 is granted and this matter is remanded to Alameda County Superior Court. 18 I. BACKGROUND 19 Brooks, a citizen of California (see Docket No. 57), filed this action against Defendant The 20 Geo Group, Inc. dba GEO California, Inc. (“GEO”) and Does 1-60 in…