Tonelli
Tonelli v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 STEPHEN TONELLI, Case No. 19-cv-04904-KAW
8 Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
9 v. REMAND; DENYING MOTION TO
DISMISS
10 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 8, 12 11 Defendants.
12 13 Plaintiff Stephen Tonelli filed the instant case against Defendants Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 14 (“Wells Fargo Bank”), Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC dba Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC 15 (“Wells Fargo Advisors”), and Shehzad Bhatti. (Compl., Dkt. No. 20-1.) On August 15, 2019, 16 Defendant Wells Fargo Bank removed the case to federal court, asserting diversity jurisdiction. 17 (Not. of Removal at 1, Dkt. No. 1.) While Defendants concede that Defendants Wells Fargo 18 Advisors and Bhatti are California citizens, they assert that both Defendants were fraudulently 19 joined. (Id. ¶¶ 13-15.) 20 Pending before the Court are: (1) Defendant Wells Fargo Bank’s motion to dismiss, and 21 (2) Plaintiff’s motion to remand. (Def.’s Mot. to Dismiss, Dkt. No. 8; Pl.’s Mot. to…