Thornton

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PATRICK THORNTON, Case No. 21-cv-04090-MMC

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S

MOTION TO REMAND; DENYING

v. WITHOUT PREJUDICE DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS FCA US LLC,

Defendant.

12 Before the Court are two motions: (1) plaintiff Patrick Thornton's ("Thornton") Motion to Remand, filed June 23, 2021; and (2) defendant FCA US LLC's ("FCA") Motion to Dismiss, filed June 4, 2021, as amended June 8, 2021. The motions have been fully briefed. Having read and considered the papers filed in support of and in opposition to the motions, the Court deems the matters appropriate for determination on the parties' respective written submissions, VACATES the hearing scheduled for July 30, 2021, and rules as follows. In his complaint, initially filed in state court, Thornton alleges that, in 2018, he purchased a vehicle manufactured by FCA (see Compl. ¶ 4), that the vehicle manifested defects…