Simpson

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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10 DARLENE JULIE SIMPSON, 11 Plaintiff, No. C 23-05728 WHA

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13 NINA MARIA ALVES, RICHARD E. ORDER GRANTING MOTION JARRATT, JR., and DOES 1–25, inclusive, TO REMAND 14 Defendants. 15

16 17 In this dispute over the Jarratt Family Trust and its property, plaintiff Darlene Julie 18 Simpson moves to remand the action back to Alameda County Superior Court (Dkt. No. 5). 19 According to plaintiff, removal of this action was improper on the merits given that no federal 20 question exists on the face of the complaint, the minimum amount in controversy is not 21 satisfied, and the forum-defendant rule applies. Moreover, according to plaintiff, removal of 22 this action was procedurally improper because removing defendant Nina Maria Alves failed to 23 join all defendants. 24 Defendant Alves, representing herself pro se, counters that plaintiff caused the removal 25 of over a million dollars’ worth of gold, silver, furs, diamonds, and other precious stones and 26 jewels from the Jarratt family…