Nguyen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 NAM NGUYEN, et al., Case No. 19-cv-05541-EMC

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’

v. MOTION TO REMAND

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, et al., Docket No. 15 Defendants.

12 13 Plaintiffs Nam Nguyen and Tan Nguyen have filed suit against two defendants: Ford Motor Company (“Ford”) and Paso Robles Ford. Their claims are related to the purchase of a Ford car. The case was initiated in state court but Defendants removed the case to federal court on the basis of diversity jurisdiction. Defendants argued that the citizenship of Paso Robles Ford can be ignored because the Nguyens fraudulently joined it to the case. Currently pending before the Court is the Nguyens’ motion to remand back to state court. Having considered the parties’ briefs and accompanying submissions, as well as the oral argument of counsel, the Court hereby GRANTS the motion to remand. I. FACTUAL & PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND In their complaint,…