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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GRANITE RANCH

OPPORTUNITIES, LLC,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 13CV2094 JLS (RBB)

ORDER GRANTING UNOPPOSED

MOTION TO REMAND

(ECF No. 6)

vs.

RUCHELL LEVON ROBINSON,

JENNIFER ROBINSON, and DOES

1-10,

Defendants.

Presently before the Court is Plaintiff Granite Ranch Opportunities, LLC’s

(“Plaintiff”) Motion to Remand. (ECF No. 6). Defendants Ruchell Levon Robinson

and Jennifer Robinson (“Defendants”) have failed to file a timely opposition pursuant

to Civil Local Rule 7.1(e)(2). As a result, the Court GRANTS the motion. See CivLR

7.1(f)(3)(c).

Defendants attempted to remove this unlawful detainer action to federal court

once before. See Granite Ranch Opportunities, LLC v. Robinson, No. 13CV1357 JLS

(RBB). This Court granted Plaintiff’s unopposed motion to remand in the previous case

and remanded the suit back to state court. 

It is clear from Plaintiff’s current motion to remand, (ECF No. 6), and from even

a cursory examination of the Notice of Removal, (ECF No. 1), that federal subject

matter jurisdiction is lacking in this case and that Defendants had no good faith basis

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for removing to this Court a second time. Accordingly, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s

request for an award of reasonable attorney’s fees incurred as a result of this frivolous

removal. See 28 U.S.C. 1447(c) (“An order remanding the case may require payment

of just costs and any actual expenses, including attorney fees, incurred as a result of the

removal.”) The Court awards Plaintiff $750 in costs and attorney’s fees. 

The Court cautions Defendants that further attempts to remove this case to federal

court will result in the imposition of additional monetary sanctions and a bar on further

court filings. This order concludes the litigation in this matter. The Clerk shall close

the file. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: October 16, 2013

Honorable Janis L. Sammartino

United States District Judge

 

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