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Parties Involved:
Grace Miles
Defendant
Tishau Partners
Plaintiff

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TISHAU PARTNERS,

Plaintiff,

 v.

GRACE MILES,

Defendant. /

No. C 10-835 SI

ORDER DIRECTING FURTHER

BRIEFING REGARDING

JURISDICTION

On March 4, 2010, the Court issued an Order to Show Cause why this unlawful detainer action

should not be remanded to state court for lack of jurisdiction. Ms. Miles has responded to the Order to

Show Cause, and asserts that removal was proper because there are numerous grounds for federal

jurisdiction that she failed to assert in the original notice of removal. See Response at 2:1-19. It also

appears that Ms. Miles continues to claim that this case is removable on the basis of diversity

jurisdiction. However, as explained in the Court’s March 4, 2010 order, an action is not removable on

the basis of diversity of citizenship if the defendant is a citizen of the state in which the action was

brought. See 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a), (b). Ms. Miles’ response to the Order to Show Cause appears to

concede that she is a California resident, and therefore Ms. Miles cannot remove this action on the basis

of diversity jurisdiction. 

The Court requests that plaintiff file a response to Ms. Miles’s March 5, 2010 filing, and address

whether this Court has jurisdiction under any of the new statutes identified by defendant. Plaintiff’s

response must be filed no later than March 17, 2010. Ms. Miles may file a reply to plaintiff’s filing no

later than March 22, 2010. The Court will then take the matter under submission and issue an order

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United States District Court

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shortly thereafter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 9, 2010 

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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