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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Employment Discrimination

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Case No. C 09-5707 JF (PVT)

ORDER REOPENING CASE AND REMANDING CASE TO THE SANTA CLARA SUPERIOR COURT

(JFLC2)

**E-Filed 3/23/2010**

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

FABIANA COLEMAN,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

STATE FARM INSURANCE,

 Defendant.

Case Number C 09-5707 JF (PVT) 

ORDER REOPENING CASE AND 1

REMANDING CASE TO THE SANTA

CLARA SUPERIOR COURT

On November 20, 2008, Plaintiff, a California resident, filed the instant action against

State Farm Insurance in the Santa Clara Superior Court. Almost a year later, on November 3,

2009, Plaintiff mistakenly served the summons and complaint upon a different entity, State Farm

Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“State Farm Mutual”). State Farm Mutual, a citizen of

the state of Illinois, removed the action to this Court on December 3, 2009. Plaintiff

subsequently realized that she had served the wrong entity, and submitted to the Court a

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Case No. C 09-5707 JF (PVT)

ORDER REOPENING CASE AND REMANDING CASE TO THE SANTA CLARA SUPERIOR COURT

(JFLC2)

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stipulation and proposed order dismissing State Farm Mutual from the case. Because it appeared

that the only defendant had been dismissed, the Court closed the file. Plaintiff’s counsel

subsequently filed a letter explaining the above circumstances and requesting that the Court

reopen the case and remand it to the superior court.

Because it appears that the case was removed improperly by a non-party, and closed in

error, the Court will grant Plaintiff’s request to reopen the case so that it may be remanded to the

superior court. Presumably, after remand the case will be in the same procedural posture it was

before Plaintiff erroneously served the summons and complaint upon the wrong entity.

ORDER

For good cause shown, the Clerk of the Court shall REOPEN this case and immediately

REMAND the case to the Santa Clara Superior Court. 

Dated: 3/23/10 

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JEREMY FOGEL

United States District Judge

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