Wong

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 MOU UN WONG, Case No. 21-cv-03814-VKD

Plaintiff, ORDER FOR REASSIGNMENT TO A

DISTRICT JUDGE;

v.

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

CHRISTINA K. DAWSON, et al., RE REMAND Defendants. Re: Dkt. No.

13 Defendants Christina Kamalam,1 Alex Singarayan and Daniel Andrew2 removed this unlawful detainer action from the Santa Clara County Superior Court. For the reasons stated below, the undersigned orders that this matter be reassigned to a District Judge, with the recommendation that the case be remanded to the state court for lack of federal subject matter jurisdiction.3 Removal to federal court is proper where the federal court would have original subject matter jurisdiction over the complaint. 28 U.S.C. § 1441. The removal statutes are strictly construed against removal and place the burden on the defendant to demonstrate that removal is proper. Moore-Thomas v. Alaska…