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Nature of Suit Code: 290
Nature of Suit: Other Real Property Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ARVIND PATEL,

Plaintiff,

v.

AVELINA SAGNEP, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-00067-WHO 

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND 

RECOMMENDATION, GRANTING IN 

FORMA PAUPERIS APPLICATION, 

AND REMANDING TO STATE COURT

Re: Dkt. No. 4

This order concerns Judge Donna M. Ryu’s January 14, 2015 report and recommendation 

finding that this case was improperly removed from the Superior Court of California for the 

County of Alameda because the asserted federal question on which removal was based is an 

affirmative defense, not part of plaintiff’s well-pleaded complaint. Dkt. No. 4. Judge Ryu 

recommends that defendant Avelina Sagnep’s application to proceed in forma pauperis be granted 

and that the case be remanded to state court. Id. No objections to the report and recommendation 

have been filed. 

Having reviewed the matter de novo, I ADOPT Judge Ryu’s report and recommendation in 

whole. For the reasons expressed therein, Sagnep’s application to proceed in forma pauperis is 

GRANTED and this case is REMANDED to the Alameda County Superior Court. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 3, 2015

______________________________________

WILLIAM H. ORRICK

United States District Judge

Case 3:15-cv-00067-WHO Document 8 Filed 02/03/15 Page 1 of 1