Source: https://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/caedce/2:2017cv02219/324917/8
Timestamp: 2017-11-18 14:06:36
Document Index: 689283870

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 52', '§ 9', '§ 1441', '§ 1983', '§ 1331', '§ 430', '§ 430']

ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L for Samaan v. Rains, et al :: Justia Dockets & Filings
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Samaan v. Rains, et al
ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 11/6/2017 REMANDING CASE to Sacramento County Superior Court, Case No. 34-2016-00195759. Certified copy of remand order sent to other court. CASE CLOSED (Reader, L)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LONGYEAR, O’DEA & LAVRA, LLP John A. Lavra, CSB No.: 114533 Amanda L. McDermott, CSB No.: 253651 3620 American River Drive, Suite 230 Sacramento, CA 95864 Phone: 916-974-8500 Facsimile: 916-974-8510 Attorneys for Mark Rains, and County of Sacramento Nabil Samaan, Esq. CSB No.: 170290 7641 Ward Lane Fair Oaks, CA 95628 916-300-8678 bicyclelawyer@gmail.com Attorney for Plaintiff, Pro Per 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 12 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 13 14 15 16 17 18 NABIL SAMAAN, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) MARK RAINS, SACRAMENTO COUNTY ) and DOES 1-10, ) ) Defendants ) ) ) Case No.: 2:17-cv-02219-TLN-DB STIPULATION AND ORDER TO REMAND CASE TO SACRAMENTO SUPERIOR COURT 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Plaintiff Nabil Samaan and Defendant Mark Rains[1], by and through their respective counsel, hereby agree and stipulate as follows: 1. On June 9, 2016, Plaintiff commenced an action in the Superior Court of California in and for the County of Sacramento titled Nabil Samaan v. Mark Rains, and DOES 110, as Case No. 34-2016-00195759. 2. On or around August 1, 2017, Plaintiff filed a motion to file a First Amended Complaint. 27 28 [1] The County of Sacramento has not been served with the complaint or otherwise appeared in this matter. STIPULATION AND ORDER TO REMAND CASE TO SACRAMENTO SUPERIOR COURT Page- 1 1 2 3 3. On or around September 18, 2017, the Superior Court granted Plaintiff’s motion to file a First Amended Complaint. 4. On September 22, 2017, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint adding the 4 County of Sacramento as a defendant and asserting causes of action for defamation, violations of 5 California Civil Code § 52.1 and Sacramento County Code § 9.20.010, intentional infliction of 6 emotional distress, negligence, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and violations of the 7 First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. 8 9 10 5. The first date upon which Defendant Rains received a copy of said complaint was September 25, 2017, via service upon his attorneys of record. 6. On October 23, 2017, Defendant Mark Rains filed a Notice of Removal of the 11 Action to this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1441(b) based on Plaintiff’s claims brought under 12 the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States pursuant to 42 13 U.S.C. § 1983. 14 7. On October 25, 2017, Plaintiff filed a Request for Dismissal of the federal causes 15 of action for violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution in the 16 Sacramento County Superior Court. 17 8. Plaintiff agrees to voluntarily dismiss the federal causes of action for violation of 18 the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution from the First Amended 19 Complaint, which removes the basis for this Court’s jurisdiction. 20 21 22 9. Therefore, the Parties stipulate that this action should immediately be remanded to the Sacramento County Superior Court. 10. Pursuant to this Stipulation, Plaintiff’s Sixth Cause of Action for “Violation of 23 Constitutional First and Fourteenth Amendment Rights,” along with any other claims that may 24 be construed to be federal question claims over which this court has original jurisdiction under 25 28 U.S.C. § 1331, and any other federal claims against Defendants Mark Rains or the County of 26 Sacramento, are dismissed with prejudice. 27 28 STIPULATION AND ORDER TO REMAND CASE TO SACRAMENTO SUPERIOR COURT Page- 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 11. This Stipulation moots all pending motions before this Court, and all pending deadlines and hearings in this case should be taken off the Court’s calendar. 12. The Parties agree that the time for Defendant Rains to file a response to the First Amended Complaint will be in accordance with California Code of Civil Procedure § 430.90. WHEREFORE, the Parties hereby stipulate that good cause exists to remand this case back to the Sacramento County Superior Court, Case No. 34-2016-00195759. 7 8 Dated: November 6, 2017 LONGYEAR, O’DEA & LAVRA, LLP 9 By: /s/ Amanda L. McDermott JOHN A. LAVRA AMANDA L. MCDERMOTT Attorneys for Mark Rains and County of Sacramento 10 11 12 Dated: November 6, 2017 13 By: /s/ Nabil Samaan NABIL SAMAAN Attorney for Plaintiff, Pro Per 14 15 16 ORDER 17 Good cause appearing, IT IS ORDERED THAT: 18 1. This action immediately be remanded to the Sacramento County Superior Court; 19 2. This Stipulation moots all pending motions before this Court, and all pending 20 21 22 deadlines and hearings in this case shall be taken off the Court’s calendar; and 3. The time for Defendant Rains to file a response to the First Amended Complaint will be in accordance with California Code of Civil Procedure § 430.90. 23 24 Dated: November 6, 2017 25 26 27 Troy L. Nunley United States District Judge 28 STIPULATION AND ORDER TO REMAND CASE TO SACRAMENTO SUPERIOR COURT Page- 3