Becerra
Becerra v. Allstate Northbrook Indemnity Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STEFANIE BECERRA, Case No. 22-cv-0202-BAS-MSB
Plaintiff,
ORDER DIRECTING DEFENDANT
v. TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT
ALLSTATE NORTHBROOK
INDEMNITY COMPANY,
15 Defendant.
Defendant removed from the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of San Diego the instant action on February 14, 2022. (Notice of Removal, ECF No. 1; Compl., Ex. A to Notice of Removal, ECF No. 1-2.) It is well-settled that upon arrival in federal court, a complaint in state court becomes subject to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“Rules”) as though it had been initially filed in federal district court. See Labertew v. Langemeier, 846 F.3d 1028 (9th Cir. 2017); but see Istituto Per Lo Sviluppo Economico Dell’ Italia Meridonale v. Sperti Prods., Inc., 47 F.R.D. 310, 312–13 (S.D.N.Y. 1969) (“Only pleadings filed subsequent to removal must conform to the requirements of the federal rules.”). As a general matter, the Rules “do…