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Nature of Suit Code: 290
Nature of Suit: Other Real Property Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California 

** E-filed July 9, 2010 ** 

NOT FOR CITATION 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

FRANCISCO VASQUEZ; and JOSE 

VASQUEZ, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

CAL WESTERN RECONVEYENCE 

CORPORATION as Trustee for U.S. Bank 

National Association as Trustee for First 

Franklin Loan Trust through Certificate 

Series 2006-FF10, et al., 

 

 Defendants. 

____________________________________/

No. C10-01679 HRL 

ORDER THAT CASE BE 

REASSIGNED TO A DISTRICT 

COURT JUDGE 

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION 

[Re: Docket No. 1] 

Pro se parties Francisco and Jose Vasquez (collectively, the “Vasquezes”) filed a Notice of 

Removal based on purported federal question jurisdiction. (Docket No. 1 (“Notice of Removal”); 

Docket No. 1, Ex. 1 (“Civil Cover Sheet”).) However, the action removed is an unlawful detainer 

action in which the Vasquezes have already suffered an adverse judgment. And that judgment has 

been affirmed on appeal. See U.S. Bank National v. Vasquez, No. CL-09-00140, Superior Court of 

California, San Benito County, Appellate Division, Minute Order from Appeal (Apr. 5, 2010). 

Indeed, in their Notice of Removal, the Vasquezes frequently cite to and describe the state court 

proceedings, and they also state that they have “exhausted” their state remedies and want this Court 

to determine whether “the property subject to this proceedings [sic] was legally and in full 

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compliance conveyed by the trustee pursuant to statute.” (Notice of Removal at 2; see also id. at 4-

6.)

A federal district court has an independent obligation to consider sua sponte whether 

subject-matter jurisdiction exists. Valdez v. Allstate Ins. Co., 372 F.3d 1115, 1116 (9th Cir. 2004) 

(citing Allstate Ins. Co. v. Hughes, 358 F.3d 1089, 1093 (9th Cir. 2004)). Removal to federal court 

is proper where the federal court would have original subject matter jurisdiction over the complaint. 

28 U.S.C. § 1441. Under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, federal district courts lack jurisdiction to 

review the final determinations of a state court in judicial proceedings. Doe & Associates Law 

Offices v. Napolitano, 252 F.3d 1026, 1030 (9th Cir. 2001) (citations omitted). Such a review may 

only be done by the United States Supreme Court. 28 U.S.C. § 1257. 

Because the Vasquezes’ Notice of Removal actually seeks federal review of the final 

determination of the state court unlawful detainer action, this Court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction. 

Accordingly, this Court ORDERS the Clerk of the Court to reassign this case to a district court 

judge. The undersigned further RECOMMENDS that the newly-assigned district court judge 

dismiss this action. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 9, 2010 

HOWARD R. LLOYD 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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For the Northern District of California 

C10-01679 HRL Notice will be electronically mailed to: 

Gwen Heather Ribar gribar@wrightlegal.net 

Notice will be provided by other means to: 

Doug Viet Pham 

Jackson & Associates, Inc. 

4199 Campus Drive 

Suite 700 

Irvine, CA 92612 

Francisco Vasquez 

POB 1480 Castroville, CA 95012 

758 Riverside Rd 

Hollister, CA 95023 

Jose Vasquez 

POB 1480, Castroville, CA 95012 

758 Riverside Road 

Hollister, CA 95023 

Robert James Jackson 

Jackson & Associates 

4199 Campus Dr #700 

Irvine, CA 92612-2698 

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel who have not 

registered for e-filing under the court’s CM/ECF program. 

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