Howell
Howell v. Garden of Eden
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 NATALIA HOWELL, Case No. 20-cv-04901-JSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER REMANDING ACTION TO
v. ALAMEDA SUPERIOR COURT
GARDEN OF EDEN, 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 employer Garden of Eden. In July 2020, Garden of Eden removed the action to this court invoking supplemental jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1367. Ms. Howell filed another action against Andrew Do, her former supervisor at Garden of Eden, around 16 the same time in the Alameda Superior Court, which was also removed under 28 U.S.C. § 1367. 17 See Howell v. Do, No. 20-cv-4897. Both removed actions were then related to Ms. Howell’s 18 employment discrimination action filed directly in this court against Garden of Eden and Mr. Do. 19 See Howell v. STRM LLC - Garden of Eden et al., No. 20-cv-0123, Dkt. No. 30. Given the lack of 20 subject matter jurisdiction appearing on the face…