De Alba-Pedilla v. Wesco Distribution Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JOEL JOSE DE ALBA-PEDILLA, Case No. 24-cv-03767-JD individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated,
ORDER RE REMAND
Plaintiff,
v.
WESCO DISTRIBUTION INC., et al., Defendants.
Plaintiff Joel Jose De Alba-Padilla, on behalf of himself and a putative class of California employees, sued Wesco Distribution Inc. and others for a variety of wage and hour claims under California state law. See Dkt. No. 1, Exh. A (Complaint). The complaint was originally filed in California state court and was removed by Wesco to this Court under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA), 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d). Dkt. No. 1. Plaintiff asks to remand on the ground that Wesco has not demonstrated an amount in controversy exceeding the $5,000,000 threshold for CAFA jurisdiction. See Dkt. No. 9 at 4-14. The Court has discussed in other cases the standards for establishing the amount in controversy for purposes of CAFA, and those discussions are incorporated here. See Anderson v. …