Farrell
Farrell v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 CASE NO. 4:20-cv-03709 YGR JAMES FARRELL, BY AND THROUGH THE
SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE OF THE FARRELL ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
LIVING TRUST, LAURA KAUFMAN, REMAND; DENYING MOTION TO
DISMISS AS MOOT
Plaintiff, v. Re: Dkt. Nos. 7,
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., ET AL.,
11 Defendants.
13 Plaintiff James Farrell, by and through the successor trustee of the Farrell Living Trust, Laura Kaufman, brings this action for claims arising out of alleged financial elder abuse. Defendants JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Fawn Periera, and Kevin Prario (“JP Morgan defendants”) removed this action on the basis that this Court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Now pending is (1) Farrell’s motion to remand the action to state court on the ground that the action cannot be removed on the basis of 28 U.S.C. § 1332 because complete diversity of citizenship does not exist; and (2) JP Morgan defendants’ motion to dismiss under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure…