Medsurant

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On July 17, 2025, Plaintiff filed her Complaint in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleging various state law employment causes of action. At the time she filed her Complaint, Plaintiff named several Medsurant defendants, including Medsurant Operating, believing that they may all have been her employers. See Complaint (intro) ("Plaintiff . . . hereby brings this complaint against her former employers . . . .). The Summons and Complaint were served on Medsurant on July 25, 2025, on Defendant Vanessa Rodriquez on July 28, 2025, and on Medsurant Operating on August 25, 2025. On September 24, 2025, Medsurant Operating timely filed its Notice of Removal. All other served defendants -- Medsurant, LLC and Vanessa Rodriguez -- filed a Notice of Joinder of Removal on that same date. Plaintiff does not dispute that this Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this action. However, Plaintiff moves to dismiss Medsurant Operating as an improper defendant under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 21 because she learned from the Declaration of Tisha Lucero in support of the removal of this action that Medsurant was her employer, not Medsurant…