Real Estate

Judge Cynthia Valenzuela sua sponte remanded an unlawful detainer case removed by the tenant on federal-question grounds, holding that unlawful detainer actions do not arise under federal law and federal defenses cannot support removal under Caterpillar v. Williams.

Judge Anne Hwang granted plaintiff’s motion to remand a foreclosure suit to Ventura County Superior Court after he amended his complaint to drop federal claims, rejecting the defendants’ fraudulent-joinder argument as not meeting the Ninth Circuit’s heavy burden under Grancare.