White
White v. Santa Clara Valley Water District
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 JEAN-MARIE WHITE, et al., Case No. 20-cv-04242-VKD
Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’
v. MOTION FOR REMAND
SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER Re: Dkt. No. 16 DISTRICT, et al., 12 Defendants.
13 On June 25, 2020, defendant Santa Clara Valley Water District (“District”) removed this consolidated action from the Santa Clara County Superior Court, asserting federal question jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331. Dkt. No. 1. The parties appeared on September 1, 2020 for a hearing regarding the Court’s order to show cause re remand (Dkt. No. 13) and plaintiffs’ motion for remand (Dkt. No. 16). Upon consideration of the moving and responding papers, as well as the oral arguments presented, the Court concludes that the District has not established that removal was proper or that there is a basis for federal jurisdiction. Accordingly, plaintiffs’ motion for remand is granted.1 I. BACKGROUND …