Syed Jamal v. RTX Corporation
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Case No. 5:24-cv-02272-SRM-SPx 11 SYED JAMAL,
12 Plaintiff,
13 v. ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
14 RTX CORPORATION, et al., MOTION TO REMAND [9], [27]
15 Defendants.
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17 18 I. INTRODUCTION 19 Plaintiff Syed Jamal moves the Court to remand this case to Riverside County 20 Superior Court. Dkt. 9, Mot.; see also Dkt. 27. Defendants ARINC Incorporated doing 21 business as Collins Aerospace, Zachary Schloss, Raytheon Technologies Incorporated, 22 RTX Corporation, and Goodrich Corporation oppose the motion. Dkt. 14, Opp’n. The 23 Court has read and considered the papers filed in connection with the Motion. For the 24 reasons discussed below, the Motion to Remand is DENIED. 25 II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 26 Syed Jamal began working as an engineer for Collins Aerospace in 2013. During 27 the COVID-19 pandemic, Jamal had to work from home due to the mandatory 28 stay-at-home orders. He claims that, during this time, he began suffering severe back…