Mesa Villa Apartments LLC v. Tuesday Navarette et al

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL MINUTES —- GENERAL Case No. 2:25-cv-08736-CAS-MBKx Date October 7, 2025 Title Mesa Villa Apartments LLC v. Tuesday Navarette et al Present: The Honorable CHRISTINA A. SNYDER Catherine Jeang Not Present N/A Deputy Clerk Court Reporter / Recorder Tape No. Attorneys Present for Plaintiffs: Attorneys Present for Defendants: Not Present Not Present Proceedings: (IN CHAMBERS) - ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION On August 6, 2025, plaintiff Mesa Villa Apartments LLC (“plaintiff”) filed this unlawful detainer action against defendants Tuesday Navarette (“Navarette”) and Does 1- (collectively, “defendants”) in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Dkt. 1 at 1.

Navarette removed the case to this Court on September 15, 2025. Id. at 3. Navarette concurrently filed a request to proceed in forma pauperis. Dkt. 3. Navarette asserts that this Court has jurisdiction on the basis of a federal question. Dkt. 1 at 2 (citing 28 U.S.C. § 1331 and § 1441).

It appears that this Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over this action. The law is clear that “[u|nlawful detainer actions are strictly within the province of state court.”

Federal Nat’] Mort. Assoc. v. Suarez, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 82300, *6 (E.D. Cal. Jul.

27, 2011); Deutsche Bank Nat’l Trust Co. v. Leonardo, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 83854, *2 (C.D. Cal. Aug. 1, 2011) (“T]he complaint only asserts a claim for unlawful detainer, a cause of action that is purely a matter of state law.”).

Here, the only claim asserted by plaintiff is for unlawful detainer against defendants. See dkt. 1 at 1-2. Accordingly, defendants are hereby ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE, in writing, on or before October 21, 2025, why this case should not be remanded to Los Angeles County Superior Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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