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Nature of Suit Code: 230
Nature of Suit: Rent, Lease, Ejectment
Cause of Action: 28:1443(1) Rent, Lease &amp; Ejectment

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PALM COURT APT.,

Plaintiff,

v.

STEPHANIE GONZALES,

Defendant.

Case No.16-cv-02909 NC 

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION 

TO REMAND TO STATE COURT; 

REQUEST FOR REASSIGMENT TO 

DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

Re: Dkt. No. 1

On August 1, 2016, the Court ordered defendant Stephanie Gonzales to show cause 

why this unlawful detainer case should not be remanded to state court for lack of subject 

matter jurisdiction. Dkt. No. 9. The Court then gave Gonzales until August 15, 2016, to 

respond to the Order to Show Cause; otherwise, the Court would remand the action to state 

court. Gonzales has failed to respond.

Accordingly, the Court recommends that the district court remand this case back to 

Santa Clara County Superior Court. As explained in the order to show cause, the federal 

court is a court with limited jurisdiction and Gonzales has not shown a valid jurisdictional 

basis to be in this court.

None of the parties in this case has consented to the jurisdiction of a magistrate 

judge. 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). Because the undersigned magistrate judge lacks jurisdictional 

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authority without complete consent, the clerk must reassign this case to a district court 

judge. Any party may object to this recommendation, but must do so within 14 days. Fed. 

R. Civ. P. 72(b)(2).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 18, 2016 _____________________________________

NATHANAEL M. COUSINS

United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PALM COURT APT.,

Plaintiff,

v.

STEPHANIE GONZALES,

Defendant.

Case No. 16-cv-02909-NC 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on August 18, 2016, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by 

placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Stephanie Gonzales

760 N. 23rd St., #613

San Jose, CA 95112 

Dated: August 18, 2016

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Lili Harrell, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable NATHANAEL M. COUSINS

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