Schwartz
Schwartz Foundation v. Schwartz
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SCHWARTZ FOUNDATION, et al., Case No. 23-cv-06086-JSC
Plaintiffs,
ORDER REMANDING CASES TO
v. STATE COURT
MARGOT D SCHWARTZ, Defendant.
12 On November 22, 2023, attorney Donald Charles Schwartz, on behalf of himself and the other Plaintiffs, filed this RICO action in this District. (Dkt. No. 1.) At the same time, and in this RICO case, Schwartz purported to file a Notice of Removal. (Dkt. No. 2.) The RICO Plaintiffs seek to remove into this RICO action two state court cases originally filed in Santa Cruz County Superior Court: Donald Charles Schwartz v. Schwartz Foundation, Case No. 21-cv-00032 (filed January 7, 2021), and Schwartz Foundation v. Donald Charles Schwartz, Case No. 21-cv-00416 (filed February 22, 2021). For various reasons set forth below, Plaintiffs’ removal is improper. Accordingly, the Court REMANDS both state court actions to Santa Cruz County Superior Court. DISCUSSION Any civil action…