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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1446pl Petition for Removal - Product Liability

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT MCCORKLE,

Plaintiff, No. C 07-1284 PJH

v. ORDER GRANTING REMAND

AND VACATING HEARING DATE

A.W. CHESTERTON COMPANY, et al.,

Defendants.

_______________________________/

On April 10, 2007, the court issued an order granting plaintiff’s application for an

order shortening time to hear plaintiff’s motion to remand, and scheduled a hearing on the

motion for this Wednesday, April 18, 2007. The court also noted that remand would likely

be granted, since the only defendant with a potential basis for federal jurisdiction has now

been dismissed. Notwithstanding its observation, the court granted defendants until April

13 to oppose plaintiff’s remand motion, and plaintiff was given until April 16 to file a reply

brief.

 The deadline for the filing of any opposition or reply brief has now passed, and

none have been filed. Accordingly, and in light of its prior observation that no federal

subject matter jurisdiction has been invoked by any proper defendant to this action, the

court finds the instant motion appropriate for decision without further oral argument, and

hereby GRANTS plaintiff’s motion to remand the case to state court. See Civil L.R. 7-1(b);

Fed. R. Civ. P. 78; see also, e.g., Lake at Las Vegas Investors Group, Inc. v. Pacific Malibu

Dev. Corp., 933 F.2d 724, 729 (9th Cir. 1991)(holding that the court's consideration of the

moving and opposition papers is deemed an adequate substitute for a formal hearing), cert.

denied, 503 U.S. 920 (1992). 

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United States District Court

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Accordingly, the April 18, 2007 hearing date is VACATED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 17, 2007 ______________________________

PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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