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Timestamp: 2017-03-30 23:01:16
Document Index: 250049614

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 5220', '§ 5220', '§ 1447', '§ 1447', '§ 1447', '§ 1447']

CAM REAL ESTATE IV, L.L.C.,PLAINTIFF,v.GERALDINE S. FERNANDEZ AND DOES 1TO 10,DEFENDANT.
) AMENDED ORDER REMANDING ACTION ) TO THE FRESNO COUNTY SUPERIOR ) COURT ) (Document 1)
Defendant Geraldine S. Fernandez ("Defendant"), who is proceeding pro se, removed this case from the Superior Court of Fresno County on March 22, 2013, asserting that this Court has federal question jurisdiction. See Court's Docket Doc. No. 1. Specifically, Defendant contends that she filed a demurrer to Plaintiff Cam Real Estate IV, L.L.C.'s ("Plaintiff") unlawful-detainer complaint in which she alleged that Plaintiff failed to comply with the notice requirements of 12 U.S.C. § 5220. Defendant claims that federal subject matter jurisdiction exists through the invocation of 12 U.S.C. § 5220 in the demurrer. Id.
A district court has "a duty to establish subject matter jurisdiction over the removed action sua sponte, whether the parties raised the issue or not." United Investors Life Ins. Co. v. Waddell & Reed, Inc., 360 F.3d 960, 967 (9th Cir. 2004). The removal statute (28 U.S.C. 1441) is construed strictly against removal jurisdiction. Geographic Expeditions, Inc. v. Estate of Lhotka, 599 F.3d 1102, 1107 (9th Cir. 2010); Provincial Gov't of Marinduque v. Placer Dome, Inc., 582 F.3d 1083, 1087 (9th Cir. 2009). It is presumed that a case lies outside the limited jurisdiction of the federal courts, and the burden of establishing the contrary rests upon the party asserting jurisdiction. Geographic Expeditions, 599 F.3d at 1106-07; Hunter v. Philip Morris USA, 582 F.3d 1039, 1042 (9th Cir. 2009). "The strong presumption against removal jurisdiction" means that "the court resolves all ambiguity in favor of remand to state court." Hunter, 582 F.3d at 1042; Gaus v. Miles, Inc., 980 F.2d 564, 566 (9th Cir. 1992). Hence, federal jurisdiction over a removed case "must be rejected if there is any doubt as to the right of removal in the first instance." Geographic Expeditions, 599 F.3d at 1107; Duncan v. Stuetzle, 76 F.3d 1480, 1485 (9th Cir. 1996); Gaus, 980 F.2d at 566. "If at any time prior to judgment it appears that the district court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, the case shall be remanded." 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c); Gibson v. Chrysler Corp., 261 F.3d 927, 932 (9th Cir. 2001). Remand under 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c) "is mandatory, not discretionary." Bruns v. NCUA, 122 F.3d 1251, 1257 (9th Cir. 1997); see California ex. rel. Lockyer v. Dynegy, Inc., 375 F.3d 831, 838 (9th Cir. 2004). Therefore, the court "must dismiss a case when it determines that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction, whether or not a party has filed a motion." Page v. City of Southfield, 45 F.3d 128, 133 (6th Cir.1995).
Since Plaintiff's complaint does not raise a federal question, this Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over the matter. Remand to the Fresno County Superior Court is both appropriate and mandatory. 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c); Geographic Expeditions, 599 F.3d at 1107; Bruns, 122 F.3d at 1257; Page, 45 F.3d at 133. Accordingly, this Case is REMANDED forthwith to the Superior Court of Fresno County, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c), for lack of federal subject matter jurisdiction. The clerk is directed to take necessary action to remand this case to the Fresno County Superior Court.