Valdez
Valdez v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 BENNY VALDEZ, Case No. 22-cv-01491-DMR
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
v. REMAND
HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC., Re: Dkt. No. 10 Defendant.
12 Plaintiff Benny Valdez filed this personal injury suit in San Mateo County Superior Court against Defendant Home Depot U.S.A. and anonymous Doe defendants. [Docket 1 Ex. A (“Compl.”).] Home Depot removed based on diversity jurisdiction. [Docket No. 1 (“Notice of Removal”).] Valdez now moves to remand the case to state court. [Docket Nos. 10 (“Mot.”), 12 (“Reply”).] Defendant opposes remand. [Docket No. 11.] This matter is suitable for resolution without oral argument. Civ. L.R. 7-1(b). For the following reasons, the motion is denied. I. BACKGROUND The following facts are alleged in the complaint, which is attached to Defendant’s Notice of Removal and to its counsel declaration in support of its opposition brief. See Compl. at 5, 7-8; Declaration of Ruta…