Rubin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SARAH RUBIN, Case No. 22-cv-02474-JCS

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION

TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

v.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY

LADY BENJAMIN CANNON, CASE SHOULD NOT BE REMANDED Defendants. Re: Dkt. No. 2

12 Defendant Lady Benjamin Cannon, pro se, removed this case from state court and moves to proceed in forma pauperis. Sufficient cause having been shown, Cannon’s application to proceed in forma pauperis (dkt. 2) is GRANTED. Federal courts have limited subject matter jurisdiction and may only hear cases falling within their jurisdiction. Generally, a defendant may remove a civil action filed in state court if the action could have been filed originally in federal court. 28 U.S.C. § 1441. The removal statutes are construed restrictively so as to limit removal jurisdiction. Shamrock Oil & Gas Corp. v. Sheets, 313 U.S. 100, 108−09 (1941). The Ninth Circuit recognizes a “strong presumption against removal.” …