Matsuno

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 MICHAEL MATSUNO, Case No. 19-cv-01333-JD

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER RE REMAND

v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 26 10 HOFFMAN-LA ROCHE, INC., et al., Defendants. 11

12 Plaintiff Michael Matsuno is a resident of Los Angeles, California, and a veteran of service 13 in Somalia with the United States military. In the course of his deployment, the military required 14 him to take Lariam, a drug manufactured and marketed by defendants for the prevention of 15 malaria. Matsuno contends that Lariam proved to be a toxic formulation associated with severe 16 psychiatric and neurological outcomes, including suicide, delusions and fits of rage. 17 Matsuno filed a complaint in California state court alleging claims under California law 18 against defendants. Defendants removed the case to this Court on a claim of diversity jurisdiction 19 under 28 U.S.C. Section 1441. Dkt. No. 1. Matsuno asks for a remand to state court for lack of 20 complete diversity. Dkt. No. 26. The Court concludes that the case was removed improvidently 21 …