Fox
Andina Property LLC v. Fox
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANDINA PROPERTY LLC, Case No. 20-cv-00320-JSC
Plaintiff,
SCREENING ORDER
v.
LAURA FOX, ET AL., Defendant.
12 Tom Hernandez of-the Ramirez-family, proceeding without an attorney and in forma pauperis, removed this unlawful detainer action to federal court. Mr. Hernandez invokes federal subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1441(a), (b). As an initial matter, Mr. Hernandez has filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis, which is GRANTED. (Dkt. No. 2.) The Court, however, ORDERS Mr. Hernandez to show cause as to (1) how he has standing to remove the action from state court, and (2) why this case should not be remanded to the San Francisco Superior Court for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. As a threshold matter, it is not clear that Mr. Hernandez has standing to remove the complaint because he is not listed as a party on the state-court complaint. See 28 U.S.C.A. § 1441 (“any civil action brought in a State court of which the district courts…