Brown
Brown v. Janus of Santa Cruz
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 NICK BROWN, Case No. 21-cv-00094-BLF
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR
v. REMAND
JANUS OF SANTA CRUZ, Defendant.
12 Plaintiff Nick Brown brings this putative class action against his employer Defendant Janus of Santa Cruz (“Janus”) for various California state law wage and hour violations. Defendant removed the action to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (“CAFA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d). Not. of Removal, ECF 1. Before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to remand. Remand Mot., ECF 14. For the reasons that follow, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s motion to remand. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Nick Brown worked for Janus from May 28, 2018 until about September 4, 2020. Compl. ¶ 7, Ex. A to Stokes Decl., ECF 1-4. Plaintiff brings this action on behalf of “[a]ll current and former non-exempt employees who worked for Defendants in California within the last…