Weaver
Weaver v. Kruse
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION
JOY E. WEAVER, Case No. 5:22-cv-07103 EJD
Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY
ACTION SHOULD NOT BE
v. REMANDED TO STATE COURT
NICOLE KRUSE,
Defendant. 12 On October 31, 2022, Plaintiff Weaver brought this state-law unlawful detainer action against Defendant Kruse in the Superior Court of California for the County of Santa Clara seeking to evict Defendant from real property located in Mountain View. ECF No. 1 at 5. Defendant Kruse, appearing pro se, subsequently removed the action on November 14, 2022. ECF Nos. 1, 2. A defendant may remove an action from state court to a federal court of original jurisdiction. 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a). Once a case is removed to federal court, the court has an independent obligation to satisfy itself that it has federal subject matter jurisdiction. Valdez v. Allstate Ins. Co., 372 F.3d 1115, 1116 (9th Cir. 2004). The removed action…