Daniher

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 SWEET CICELY DANIHER, Case No. 22-cv-00372-BLF

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF

v. SWEET CICELY DANIHER’S

MOTION TO REMAND

PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS, et al., [Re: ECF No. 21] Defendants.

12 Before the Court is Plaintiff Sweet Cicely Daniher’s motion to remand the above-captioned case to California State Court. Ms. Daniher’s case alleges that Defendants Pixar Animation Studios, Pixar Talking Pictures, Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, and Kori Rae (collectively, “Pixar”) improperly used her unicorn-painted van (or “Vanicorn”) in the 2020 animated feature film Onward. Ms. Daniher filed the present action against Pixar in Alameda County Superior Court, asserting state law claims. See Complaint, ECF No. 1-2. Pixar removed the action, asserting that the Court has federal subject matter jurisdiction because at least one of Ms. Daniher’s claims is preempted by federal copyright law. See…