Knuth

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 AARON KNUTH, Case No. 23-cv-05366-WHO

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. REMAND

AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC, Re: Dkt. No. 36 Defendant.

12 Plaintiff Aaron Knuth moves to remand this case back to state court, asserting it was improperly removed based on diversity jurisdiction. Because defendant Amazon.com Services LLC (“Amazon”) removed the case based on Knuth’s admission that he was a California resident at the time of filing, and Knuth submitted no evidence to the contrary, his motion to remand is DENIED. BACKGROUND Knuth filed this action against his former employer, Amazon, in the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco on September 18, 2023. Compl., Dkt. No. 1-3. As Amazon’s principal place of business is in the State of Washington, and Knuth asserted in his Complaint that he “was at all times relevant to the matters alleged in this complaint an individual with his 23…