Matsuno

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MICHAEL MATSUNO, Case No. 19-cv-01333-JD

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE REMAND

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

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