Akbarzadeh

BACKGROUND

18 This is the second of two lawsuits between these parties and their affiliate businesses 19 arising from a lease agreement. Bascom owns a property (“the property”) located at 550 South 20 Bascom Avenue in San Jose, California, which includes a parking lot, driveways, and a small 21 commercial building. Mot. to Remand [Dkt. No. 13] ¶¶ 1, 3. Through its agent, Taylor 22 Properties, Bascom rented the property to Akbarzadeh via a month-to-month agreement. Id. ¶ 3. 23 Akbarzadeh operates a business known as Top Notch Auto Sales on the property. See id. ¶ 2. 24 On March 8, 2022, Bascom notified Akbarzadeh that it was terminating his tenancy on 25 April 7, 2022. Id. ¶ 4. After Akbarzadeh failed to turn over possession, Bascom filed an unlawful 26 detainer action against him in Santa Clara County Superior Court on April 8, 2022. Id. 27 Akbarzadeh removed the case to this district on April 20. Dkt. No. 1. A day later, the case was related to another pending matter: JMA Enterprises LLC v. Taylor, No. 22-CV-01692-WHO (N.D. Cal. filed Mar. 16, 2022). See Dkt. No. 4. In that suit, Akbarzadeh and his business, JMA Enterprises LLC, sued Bascom and another…