Ricksecker

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 GREGORY P. RICKSECKER, Case No. 21-cv-04681-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

REMAND

v. Re: Dkt. No. 15 FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant.

12 Plaintiff Gregory P. Ricksecker (“Plaintiff”) initiated this lawsuit against Defendants Ford Motor Company (“Ford”) and Henry Curtis Ford on February 5, 2021, in Sonoma County Superior Court. See Dkt. No. 1-2 (or “Compl.”). Ford removed the action to this Court on diversity grounds, and Plaintiff now moves to remand. See Dkt. Nos. 1, 15. Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand is fully briefed. See Dkt. Nos. 15 (“Mot.”), 18 (“Opp.”), and 19 (“Reply”). The Motion is DENIED for the reasons discussed below. I. BACKGROUND According to the Complaint, Plaintiff bought a 2014 Ford Fusion (“Fusion”) on or around October 30, 2015. Compl. ¶ 8. The Fusion was manufactured and/or distributed by Ford and sold by Ford’s authorized dealership in Sonoma County, California. Id. When Plaintiff purchased…