Martinez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 37-02023-00055505-CU-WT-CTL SAMANTHA MARTINEZ, Case No. 24-cv-00268-BAS-DTF

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART MOTION TO REMAND (ECF No. 8) AJM PACKAGING CORPORATION;

ARMANDO MEDINA,

15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff Samantha Martinez filed this employment discrimination action against Defendants AJM Packaging Corporation and Armando Medina in San Diego County Superior Court. AJM removed the case by invoking diversity jurisdiction. Plaintiff moves to remand, highlighting that both she and Medina are citizens of California, which destroys diversity jurisdiction. In response, AJM contends Medina was fraudulently joined, which would allow the Court to ignore his citizenship when determining complete diversity. AJM’s reliance on fraudulent joinder comes with a heavy burden, and the company comes up short. It fails to demonstrate there is no…