Gist-Reed

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LAURYN GIST-REED, individually, and No. 2:24-cv-03282-DJC-CSK on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, ORDER

v.

ALPHA ANALYATICAL LABORATORIES, INC., a California corporation; and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, 17 Defendants.

19 Under the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”), a defendant to a class action lawsuit can remove the suit from state court to federal court if certain federal jurisdiction requirements are met. Here, Defendant Alpha Analytical Laboratories, Inc. did so, but after a delay of several months. Plaintiff Lauryn Gist-Reed asks this Court to remand the case to the state court, arguing that Alpha Analytical filed outside CAFA’s statutory time frame for remand, and that even if the removal was proper, there is an applicable CAFA exemption. For the reasons discussed below, the Court finds that Defendant’s removal under CAFA was proper and that the local controversy 28 exemption to CAFA does not apply. Accordingly, the Court…