Paed

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CATAMOUNT PROPERTIES 2018, LLC, Case No. 21-cv-03023-JST

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v. 9 Re: ECF No. 1 CECILLE QUESADA PAED, Defendant.

12 On April 22, 2021, Defendant Cecille Quesada Paed, proceeding pro se, removed this unlawful detainer action from the San Mateo Superior Court. ECF No. 1. “[A]ny civil action brought in a [s]tate court of which the district courts of the United States have original jurisdiction, may be removed by [a] defendant . . . to [a federal] district court.” 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a). “A defendant may remove an action to federal court based on federal question jurisdiction or diversity jurisdiction.” Hunter v. Philip Morris USA, 582 F.3d 1039, 1042 (9th Cir. 2009) (citing 28 U.S.C. § 1441). If the district court determines that it lacks jurisdiction, the action must be remanded back to state court. Martin v. Franklin Capital Corp., 546 U.S. 132, 134 (2005). There is a “strong presumption” against finding removal jurisdiction, which “means that the…