Edwards
Edwards v. UPS,.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
if: 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 David Anthony Edwards, No. 2:24-cev-01283-KJM-DMC Plaintiff, ORDER v. 14) ups, et al., IS Defendants. 16 Plaintiff David Anthony Edwards argues this court lacks diversity jurisdiction and moves 18 to remand this matter to state court. Defendant United Parcel Services, Inc. (UPS, Inc.), opposes, 19 arguing the only forum defendant, Franklin Harris, was not served before removal and is 20 fraudulently joined. The court grants the motion to remand and denies UPS, Inc.’s motion for judgment on the pleadings as moot. 22 I. BACKGROUND Mr. Edwards brought this wrongful termination action against UPS, UPS, Inc., United Parcel Service General Services Co., Franklin Harris and Does 1 through 100, inclusive,' for 25 allegedly discriminating against him “on the basis of his disability, specifically, his mental health ' Defendants argues the only proper defendant is United Parcel…