Howell
Howell v. Do
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 NATALIA HOWELL, Case No. 20-cv-04897-JSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER REMANDING ACTION TO
v. ALAMEDA SUPERIOR COURT
ANDREW DO, Re: Dkt. Nos. 14, 15 Defendant.
12 Plaintiff Natalia Howell filed this negligence action in the Alameda Superior Court in December 2019 against her former supervisor Andrew Do. In July 2020, Mr. Do removed the action to this court invoking supplemental jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1367. Ms. Howell filed another action against Garden of Eden, Mr. Do’s current employer and her former employer, 16 around the same time in the Alameda Superior Court, which was also removed under 28 U.S.C. § 17 1367. See Howell v. Garden of Eden, No. 20-cv-4901. Both removed actions were then related to 18 Ms. Howell’s employment discrimination action filed directly in this court against Garden of Eden 19 and Mr. Do. See Howell v. STRM LLC - Garden of Eden et al., No. 20-cv-0123, Dkt. No. 30. 20 Given the lack of subject matter jurisdiction…