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Nature of Suit Code: 220
Nature of Suit: Foreclosure
Cause of Action: 28:1446 Petition for Removal

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ACCESS CAPITAL INVESTMENTS 

FUND TWO, L.P.,

Plaintiff,

v.

ALBERT R. PUJOL, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-01269-WHO 

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND 

RECOMMENDATION AND 

REMANDING TO STATE COURT

Re: Dkt. No. 6

This order concerns Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte’s report and recommendation

of April 10, 2015. Judge Laporte recommends that this case be remanded to state court because 

the record does not indicate that Rose Flores, who filed the notice of removal, is a named 

defendant in the case, as required by the removal statute. See 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a) (“Except as 

otherwise expressly provided by Act of Congress, any civil action brought in a State court of 

which the district courts of the United States have original jurisdiction, may be removed by the 

defendant or the defendants, to the district court of the United States for the district and division 

embracing the place where such action is pending.”) (emphasis added). Judge Laporte also notes 

that the actual named defendants, Albert and Sheila Pujol, have not “join[ed] in or consent[ed] to 

the removal of the action,” as required by 28 U.S.C. § 1446(b)(2)(A), and that in any event Flores 

has not established that either federal question or diversity jurisdiction exists here. No objections 

were filed by the April 24, 2015 deadline or at any time thereafter.

Judge’ Laporte’s report and recommendation is thorough, well-reasoned, and correct, and I

adopt it in every respect. This action is remanded to the Superior Court of California for the 

County of Contra Costa. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 1, 2015

______________________________________

WILLIAM H. ORRICK

United States District Judge

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