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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AMIR ASHTIANI,

Plaintiff,

v.

APPLIED MATERIALS INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 20-cv-00463-NC 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 

WHY CASE SHOULD NOT BE 

REASSIGNED TO SAN 

FRANCISCO/OAKLAND 

DIVISION

Defendant Applied Materials, Inc., removed this case from Alameda County 

Superior Court and selected “San Jose” in the “Divisional Assignment” section of the civil 

cover sheet. Dkt. No. 1 at Ex. 1. Under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a), removal from state to federal 

court should be to “the district court of the United States for the district and division

embracing the place where such action is pending.” (Emphasis added). Under Civil Local 

Rule 3-2(d), “all civil actions which arise in the count[y] of Alameda . . . shall be assigned 

to the San Francisco Division or the Oakland Division” of the Northern District of 

California. The Court hereby orders defendant Applied Materials to show cause by 

February 5, 2020 why, under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a) and Civil Local Rule 3-2(d), it should 

not reassign this case to the San Francisco or Oakland Division. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 29, 2020 _____________________________________

NATHANAEL M. COUSINS

United States Magistrate Judge

Case 5:20-cv-00463-BLF Document 9 Filed 01/29/20 Page 1 of 1