Griffin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

5 PATRICK GRIFFIN, Case No.: 21-CV-1511 YGR 6 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING UNOPPOSED MOTION TO REMAND; VACATING HEARING v. DKT. NO.

NETWORK 1 SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES

FUND LP – RIPPLE SERIES, AND

AEON GROUP, INC.,

10 Defendants. 11 On January 25, 2021, the within action was commenced by plaintiff Patrick Griffin in the 12 Superior Court for the State of California, County of San Francisco against defendants Aeon Inc. 13 dba The Aeon Group, Inc. (“Aeon”) and Network 1 Special Opportunities Fund LP—Ripple Series 14 (“Network”). Defendant Aeon removed the action by notice filed March 3, 2021. (Dkt. No. 1.) In 15 its Notice of Removal (“NOR”), Aeon stated that the Court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. 16 §1332(a)(1) due to complete diversity of the parties since plaintiff is a California citizen, Aeon is a 17 Florida citizen, and Network is a Delaware citizen. (Id. ¶ 3.) Aeon also claimed that the Court has 18 federal question jurisdiction because the contracts at issue “violate[] federal…