Opinion
ORDER SUMMARILY REMANDING IMPROPERLY REMOVED ACTION
GEORGE H. KING, District Judge.
The Court will remand this action to state court summarily because defendant removed it improperly.
On February 28, 2014, defendant lodged a Notice of Removal of Los Angeles Superior Court Case 14U01365. However, defendant did not lodge a copy of that Complaint. Defendant also presented an application to proceed in forma pauperis. The Court has denied the latter application under separate cover because the action was not property removed. To prevent the action from remaining in jurisdictional limbo, the Court issues this order to remand the action to state court.
Defendant does not competently allege facts supplying either diversity or federal question jurisdiction, and therefore removal is improper. 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a); see Exxon Mobil Corp v. Allapattah Svcs., Inc., 545 U.S. 546, 563, 125 S.Ct. 2611, 162 L.Ed.2d 502 (2005). Moreover, defendant has not provided the Court with a copy of the Superior Court Complaint.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that: 1) this matter is REMANDED to the Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c); (2) the Clerk serve copies of this Order on the defendant.
The Court is unable to determine the appropriate County Courthouse, since defendant did not provide a copy of the Complaint.
IT IS SO ORDERED.