Hine

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 FRANK S. HINE, No. 2:23-cv-03009-TLN-CSK

Plaintiff, ORDER v. 13 ARIVO ACCEPTANCE, LLC, et al., 14 Defendants.

16 17 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff Frank S. Hine’s (“Plaintiff”) Motion to Remand. (ECF No. 6.) Defendants Arivo Acceptance, LLC, Garff Enterprises, Inc., and John Garff (collectively, “Defendants”) filed an opposition. (ECF No. 9.) Plaintiff filed a reply. (ECF No. 12.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s motion. /// /// /// /// /// /// /// I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND1 This case arises from Plaintiff’s employment with Defendants. In early 2021, Plaintiff was working for Capital One as a Regional Sales Manager for Capital One’s auto finance business. (ECF No. 1 at 12.) Capital One required Plaintiff to sign a confidentiality agreement that prevented him from working for competitors of Capital One or using anything he learned while working at…