Anderson

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MARY ANN MARGARET ANDERSON, No. 2:25-cv-01916-DJC-CSK 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC., et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff Mary Ann Margaret Anderson filed this action in Solano County 18 Superior Court, and Defendants removed the case to this Court based on diversity of 19 citizenship. Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand (ECF No. 10), 20 which argues Defendants failed to establish the requisite amount in controversy for 21 federal subject matter jurisdiction. For the reasons stated below, Plaintiff’s Motion to 22 Remand is denied. 23 BACKGROUND 24 Plaintiff Mary Ann Margaret Anderson filed this action in Solano County 25 Superior Court against Defendants Wal-Mart Associates, Inc., Wal-Mart Inc., and 1–20 26 Doe Defendants. (See Compl. (ECF No. 1-4).) Wal-Mart hired Plaintiff to work as a 27 Front-End Cashier in July of 2022. (Compl. ¶ 19.) The following year, Plaintiff injured 28 her wrist at work. (Id. ¶ 21.) Due…