Knutson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DANIEL KNUTSON, Case No. 24-cv-05219-JD

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE REMAND

v.

STERICYLE, INC., et al., Defendants.

12 Plaintiff Daniel Knutson sued Stericycle, Inc., his former employer, and a Stericycle human resources manager, Cheryl Sanchez, for discrimination, retaliation, harassment, and wrongful termination under California state law. Dkt. No. 1-3 (complaint). Knutson alleges that he was fired from his job as a senior transportation supervisor on the basis of a medical condition, namely kidney cancer. Knutson originally filed the case in the Contra Costa County Superior Court, and defendants removed to this Court on an allegation of traditional diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a). Dkt. No. 1. Knutson asks for a remand to state court. Dkt. No. 13. The parties’ familiarity with the record is assumed, and the case is remanded. The parties agree that Knutson and Stericycle have diverse citizenship, but disagree about the effect of Sanchez, who…