Scott Byler v. Mastec Services Company et al.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SCOTT BYLER, Case No. 5:25-cv-00181-SB-DTB

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

REMAND [DKT. NO. 53]

MASTEC SERVICES COMPANY et al.,

Defendants.

In April 2025, the Court granted Defendants’ motion to compel arbitration of Plaintiff Scott Byler’s individual wage-and-hour claims and dismissed the class claims pursuant to the class-action waiver in their agreement. After the arbitrator later declared the agreement unenforceable, Plaintiff moved to remand, arguing that—following the dismissal of the class claims—there is no jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d). In opposition, Defendants argue that jurisdiction exists solely under § 1332(a), the individual diversity provision. At oral argument, Defendants affirmed that they are relying exclusively on § 1332(a) for jurisdiction. As Defendants have disclaimed reliance on CAFA, the Court does not address whether jurisdiction lies under § 1332(d) despite dismissal of the class claims. See United States v. Sineneng-Smith, 590 U.S. 371, 375 (2020) (“In our adversarial system of…