Lujano

I. Background

18 Plaintiff Hildefonso B. Lujano, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, 19 initiated this putative class action against defendants Greif, Inc, Greif Packaging LLC (incorrectly 20 named as Greif Packing LLC), and Liz Corona in the Merced County Superior Court on June 28, 21 2024. Defendants Greif, Inc. and Greif Packaging LLC removed the action to this Court on 22 January 23, 2025. (Doc. 1.) 23 On May 29, 2025, the Court held a status conference to address service of the complaint 24 on defendant Liz Corona and Plaintiff’s anticipated motion to remand. (Doc. 12.) At the 25 conference, Plaintiff indicated that leave to amend would be sought to name a different individual 26 defendant, Ricardo Torres. (Id.) The Court therefore directed Plaintiff to file any motion to 27 amend the complaint to name Ricardo Torres as a defendant on or before June 30, 2025. (Doc. 28 12.) In lieu of filing a motion to amend (or stipulation to amend), Plaintiff filed a first amended complaint on June 30, 2025. (Doc. 13.) On July 2, 2025, the Court struck Plaintiff’s first amended complaint because it did not comply with Federal Rule of…