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Nature of Suit Code: 220
Nature of Suit: Foreclosure
Cause of Action: 28:1444 Petition for Removal- Foreclosure

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

Federal National Mortgage Association,

Plaintiff, 

v. 

Tiffany Traut, et al., 

Defendants.

No. CV-12-02416-PHX-GMS

ORDER 

 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand this State Court Action. 

(Doc. 4.) For the reasons discussed below, Plaintiff’s motion is granted. 

DISCUSSION 

 Plaintiff filed a Complaint for a forcible entry and detainer action based on 

Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) § 12-1171 with the Arizona Superior Court in 

Maricopa County on October 21, 2011. Defendant first attempted to remove this standard 

eviction action to this District on May 22, 2012. The action was remanded to state court 

for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Fed. Nat. Mortgage Assoc. v. Traut, CV-12-1088-

BSB, slip op. at 3 (D. Ariz. July 11, 2012). The court held that Defendant’s federal 

defense based on due process did not transform the state-law claim into one “arising 

under” federal law for purposes of federal question jurisdiction. Id. at 2. Furthermore, 

there was no diversity jurisdiction because Defendant, who had moved for removal, was 

a citizen of the forum state and the amount in controversy did not exceed $75,000. Id.

On November 13, 2012, Defendant filed a second and identical Notice of Removal 

to this District. The Court remands this action to state court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1447 

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for the same reasons as described in the previous Order.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand this State 

Court Action is granted (Doc. 4). The Clerk of Court is directed to remand this action 

back to the Maricopa County Superior Court. 

Dated this 29th day of January, 2013. 

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