Zimmer

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 HELEN ZIMMER, Case No. 23-cv-01027-AMO

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

9 v. PERMISSIVE JOINDER AND

REMAND

10 COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION, Re: Dkt. No. 12 Defendant. 11

12 Before the Court is Plaintiff Helen Zimmer’s motion for permissive joinder and remand. 13 ECF 12. The motion is fully briefed and suitable for disposition without hearing pursuant to Civil 14 Local Rule 7-1(b). Having considered the parties’ papers, the relevant legal authority, and good 15 cause appearing, the Court GRANTS the motion for the reasons set forth below. 16 I. BACKGROUND 17 This action arises out of Zimmer’s March 11, 2021 visit to a Costco warehouse in Antioch, 18 California. ECF 1-3 at 3. Zimmer alleges that she was seriously injured when she “tripped and/or 19 fell due to a piece of rebar that was sticking out of a broken and deteriorating concrete parking 20 block that was not properly marked or delineated.” Id. On November 14, 2022, Zimmer filed suit 21 in…