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Nature of Suit Code: 290
Nature of Suit: Other Real Property Actions
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MUFG UNION BANK, N.A.,

Plaintiff,

v.

WILLIE J. RILEY, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-02251-JD 

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND 

RECOMMENDATION, AND 

REMANDING CASE

Re: Dkt. No. 7

The Court has reviewed Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Laporte’s Report and 

Recommendation advising that this action be remanded to San Benito County Superior Court. 

Dkt. No. 7. The Magistrate Judge found that the federal courts do not have subject matter 

jurisdiction over this unlawful detainer case. Additionally, the Magistrate Judge found remand 

appropriate on the ground that one of the defendants did not join in the notice of removal. The 

time to file objections to the Report and Recommendation has passed and defendants have not 

objected. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b). Magistrate Judge Laporte’s Report is 

well-reasoned, and the Court adopts it in its entirety.

For the reasons stated in Magistrate Judge Laporte’s Report, the Court has no grounds to 

exercise jurisdiction over this case, under either 28 U.S.C. § 1331 or 28 U.S.C. § 1332. 

Accordingly, the Court finds the case to have been removed improvidently and without 

jurisdiction. The Court orders the case remanded to the Superior Court of California for the 

County of San Benito, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c). The Clerk of Court is asked to transmit a 

copy of this order to the clerk of the State court.

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Plaintiff’s request for attorneys’ fees is denied for the reasons stated by Magistrate Judge 

Laporte in her Report.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 31, 2016

JAMES DONATO

United States District Judge

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