Ruiz

I. INTRODUCTION

17 Plaintiff Romulo A. Ruiz brings this personal injury action against Defendants 18 Scripps Health, a nonprofit public benefit corporation (“Scripps Health”); Scripps Mercy 19 Hospital, a nonprofit hospital (“SMH”); Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, a nonprofit 20 hospital (“SMH LJ”); Sharp Healthcare, a nonprofit public benefit corporation (“Sharp”); 21 Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, a nonprofit public benefit corporation (“SCVMC”); 22 Massoud H. Soumekh, M.D., an individual (“Dr. Soumekh”); James S. Grisolia, M.D., 23 an individual (“Dr. Grisolia”); Edward B. Friedman, M.D., an individual (“Dr. 24 Friedman”); Vernan D. White, M.D., an individual (“Dr. White”); James E. Cevallos, 25 M.D., an individual (“Dr. Cevallos”); Natalie J. Medina, M.D., an individual (“Dr. 26 Medina”); Jorge Jimenez, an individual (“Jimenez”) (collectively, “Defendants”); and 27 Does 1 through 100. ECF No. 1-3. 28 Before the Court are the Joint Motion of Plaintiff and the United States of America (the “United States”) to (1) dismiss the United States, which was substituted for Dr. Cevallos, and (2) remand the case. ECF No. 7. After considering…