Speed v. First Class Capital, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EUREKA DIVISION 7 DON SPEED, et al., Case No. 21-cv-02542-RMI

Plaintiffs,

ORDER REMANDING CASE TO THE

v. LAKE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT

FIRST CLASS CAPITAL, LLC, et al., Defendants.

13 Now pending before the court is a case that was removed here from the Lake County Superior Court on April 8, 2021. See Notice of Removal (dkt. 1) at 1-3. The asserted basis for removal was diversity of citizenship. Id. at 2. The facts of the case are simple – Plaintiffs occupy 12 spaces in the Clearlake Marina Mobilehome Park (“Clearlake Marina”) and they allege that amidst the state of emergency that was declared to exist in California due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in violation of California law providing certain limits on rent increases during such emergencies, that Defendants (two Texas corporations who recently purchased the Clearlake Marina) have increased their rents beyond the sums allowed while also threatening…