Reed

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 IAN C. REED, individually, and on behalf No. 1:25-cv-00214-KES-SAB of all others similarly situated, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND Plaintiff, RECOMMENDATIONS AND GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO REMAND v. MATTER TO FRESNO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT

BENJAMIN MOORE & CO.,

Docs. 12, 20 Defendant.

17 In December 2024, plaintiff Ian C. Reed initiated this action by filing a complaint in Fresno County Superior Court. On February 18, 2025, defendant Benjamin Moore & Co. removed the action to this Court. Doc. 1. Pursuant to appendix A of the Court’s local rules, upon filing, this matter was assigned to a magistrate judge only. See Local Rule App. A(m)(1). On March 20, 2025, plaintiff filed a motion to remand this action, which was fully briefed and heard before the assigned magistrate judge. Docs. 12, 13, 15, 16. On May 16, 2025, the assigned…