Luis H. Oliva Paiz v. Voxelmaps Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 LUIS H. OLIVA PAIZ, Case No. 25-cv-05640-PCP
8 Plaintiff,
ORDER REMANDING CASE TO
9 v. STATE COURT
10 VOXELMAPS INC., Re: Dkt. No. 15 Defendant. 11
12 13 Plaintiff Luis Paiz, a former employee of defendant Voxelmaps Inc., brings this putative 14 wage-and-hour class action on behalf of persons employed by Voxelmaps as hourly or non- 15 exempt employees throughout California after January 2021. Paiz initially filed his complaint in 16 Santa Clara County Superior Court. Voxelmaps then removed the case to federal court pursuant to 17 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332, 1441, and 1446. Voxelmaps asserts that removal was proper because this is a 18 civil action between citizens of different states and the amount in controversy on the named 19 plaintiff’s claims exceeds $75,000. Paiz now moves to remand this case to state court for lack of 20 jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1441. For the following reasons, Voxelmaps has not met its burden 21 of establishing this Court’s…