Garcia

ORDER Re: MOTION TO REMAND

Having reviewed and considered all the briefing filed with respect to Plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1447 (Dkt. 12, “Motion”), the court concludes that oral argument is not necessary to resolve the Motion. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 78; Local Rule 7-15; Willis v. Pac. Mar. Ass’n, 244 F.3d 675 , 684 n. 2 (9th Cir.2001).

BACKGROUND

On November 27, 2013, plaintiff Eddie Ortiz (“Ortiz”) filed a putative class action complaint in the San Mateo County Superior Court 1 against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (“Wal-Mart” or “defendant”), seeking to represent a class comprised of “[a]ll current and former hourly-paid or non-exempt California-based (currently residing in California with the intent to remain in California indefinitely) ‘Asset Protection Associates’ employed by any of the Defendants within the State of California at any time during the period from four years preceding the filing of this Complaint to final Judgment.” (Dkt. 1-7, Ortiz v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Case No. RIC 1403025 *1117 (Riverside Cnty.Super.Ct.) (“Ortiz Action”), ECF 1202-17, at ¶ 14). Ortiz asserted a single claim under California Business and Professions Code §§ 17200, et…