Zvard Santourian v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

I. BACKGROUND

According to the complaint, Plaintiff is a California resident who worked for Defendant as a nonexempt employee. (Compl. 3-5, ECF No. 1-1.) Plaintiff alleges Defendant violated various California labor laws, asserting two claims: (1) failure to indemnify employees for employment-related losses/expenditures, Cal. Lab. Code § 2802, and (2) unfair business practices, Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200

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et seq. (Id. ¶¶ 20–31.) Plaintiff seeks to represent a class of people who worked for Defendant in California. (Id. ¶¶ 3, 28.)

II. LEGAL STANDARD

“Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction” and “possess only that power authorized by Constitution and statute.” Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994). A defendant may remove an action to federal court if the federal court could exercise original jurisdiction over the action. 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a). If a defendant fails to meet its burden of establishing subject-matter jurisdiction, the suit must be remanded. Id. § 1447(c).

The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (“CAFA”)…