Villarreal

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 ROBERT VILLARREAL, et al., Case No. 19-cv-05837-MMC

Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS' v. MOTION TO REMAND; REMANDING

CASE TO STATE COURT; VACATING

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, et al., HEARING Defendants.

Before the Court is plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand, filed December 13, 2019, by which motion plaintiffs seek an order remanding the above-titled action to state court, based on lack of diversity jurisdiction. Defendants have filed opposition, to which plaintiffs have replied. Having read and considered the papers filed in support of and in opposition to the motion, the Court deems the matter appropriate for decision on the parties’ respective written submissions, VACATES the hearing scheduled for January 17, 2020, and rules as follows: 1. Defendants have failed to show defendant Jim Burke Ford (“Jim Burke”) has been fraudulently joined. See Hunter v. Philip Morris USA, 582 F.3d 1039, 1046 (9th Cir. 2009)…