Thornton
Thornton v. FCA US LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PATRICK THORNTON, Case No. 21-cv-08807-MMC
Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S
MOTION TO REMAND; VACATING
v. HEARING
FCA US LLC,
Defendant.
12 Before the Court is plaintiff Patrick Thornton's ("Thornton") Motion to Remand, filed December 13, 2021. Defendant FCA US LLC ("FCA") has filed opposition, to which plaintiff has replied. Having read and considered the papers filed in support of and in opposition to the motion, the Court deems the matter appropriate for determination on the parties' respective written submissions, VACATES the hearing scheduled for January 28, 2022, 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 "[d]uring the warranty period" (see Compl. ¶¶ 5-6), and that FCA has been "unable to service or repair the [v]ehicle" (see…