California Spine And Neurosurgery Institute v. JP Morgan Chase & Co.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIA SPINE AND NEUROSURGERY INSTITUTE, Case No. 19-cv-03552-PJH 8 Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING PREPARATION v. FOR ARGUMENT ON REMAND FOR LACK OF FEDERAL JURISDICTION JP MORGAN CHASE & CO., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 1 Defendants.

13 The court orders the parties in the above entitled action to prepare for argument at the December 18, 2019 hearing on defendants’ motion to dismiss on the following question: whether Title 29 U.S.C. § 1132 entitled defendants to remove this action on the basis of a federal question? In particular, the parties should be prepared to address whether the Ninth Circuit’s complete preemption analysis under Title 29 U.S.C. § 1132 in Marin Gen. Hosp. v. Modesto & Empire Traction Co., 581 F.3d 941 (9th Cir. 2009) requires this court to remand this action to the Alameda County Superior Court. Defendants should also be …