Whispering Oaks Residential Case Facility LLC v. Travelers Property Casualty Company of America
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 NAREN CHAGANTI, et al., Case No. 19-cv-07493-VKD
Plaintiffs,
ORDER FOR REASSIGNMENT TO A
v. DISTRICT JUDGE
TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY COMPANY OF AMERICA, et al., 12 Defendants.
13 Defendant Travelers Property Casualty Company of America’s (“Travelers”) has moved to dismiss for failure to state a claim, or alternatively for a more definite statement. Dkt. No. 10. Plaintiffs have moved to remand this action to state court. Dkt. No. 16. Although plaintiffs and Travelers have appeared and consented to proceed before a magistrate judge (Dkt. Nos. 8, 17), individual defendants Joseph Tancredy and Robert Killingsworth have not yet been served,1 have not appeared, and have not consented. See Dkt. No. 15. Absent the consent of all parties, this Court does not have jurisdiction over this matter and must refer the case to a district judge. 28 U.S.C. § 636; Williams v. King, 875 F.3d 500 (9th Cir. …