Luciano
Luciano v. GS Operating, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PEDRO LUCIANO, on behalf of himself Case No. 24-cv-05408-JD and all others similarly situated, 8 Plaintiffs, ORDER RE REMAND 9 v.
GS OPERATING, LLC,
11 Defendant.
12 Plaintiff Pedro Luciano sued defendant GS Operating, LLC, on a variety of wage and hour claims under California state law on behalf of himself and putative classes of California employees. Dkt. No. 2-1 (complaint). The complaint was originally filed in Alameda County Superior Court. Id. GS Operating removed the case to federal court on traditional diversity jurisdiction grounds. Dkt. No. 1 at 2, 5-15. Luciano asks to remand. Dkt. No. 16. The parties’ familiarity with the record is assumed, and remand is denied. Before getting to the merits, GS Operating’s muddled comments on jurisdiction need straightening out. GS Operating expressly removed under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a) on the basis of diversity of citizenship of the parties and an amount in controversy that exceeds $75,000. Dkt. No. 1 at 2. All of its arguments in…