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Nature of Suit Code: 230
Nature of Suit: Rent, Lease, Ejectment
Cause of Action: 28:1446 Petition for Removal

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Case No. 15-cv-00275 EJD (NC) RECOMMENDATION TO REMAND 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ALAN I. SHERMAN, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

SZE-YAU DEREK YIU, 

 Defendant. 

Case No. 15-cv-00275 EJD (NC)

REPORT AND 

RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS 

CASE BE REMANDED TO SANTA 

CLARA COUNTY SUPERIOR 

COURT DUE TO LACK OF 

SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION 

Re: Dkt. Nos. 1, 5 

 Plaintiff Sherman filed this unlawful detainer case in Santa Clara County Superior 

Court. Defendant Yiu removed the case to this federal court. On January 26, 2015, the 

undersigned magistrate judge issued an Order to Show Cause as to the apparent lack of 

federal subject matter jurisdiction. Dkt. No. 5. That Order commanded Yiu to show by 

February 9, 2015, why this Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this case. Yiu did not 

file a response. 

 Accordingly, because federal courts are of limited jurisdiction and Yiu has not 

demonstrated that subject matter jurisdiction is satisfied, I recommend that this case be 

remanded to Santa Clara County Superior Court. This is a recommendation to the District 

Court Judge, rather than an immediate remand, because the parties have not consented to 

the jurisdiction of a magistrate judge. 28 U.S.C. § 636(c); Dkt. No. 8. Any party may 

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