Adenike Joseph v. Vitas Healthcare Corporation of California

I. INTRODUCTION

18 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff Adenike Joseph’s (“Plaintiff”) Motion to 19 Remand. (“Motion,” Dkt. No. 7). Defendants VITAS Healthcare Corporation of 20 California (“Defendant”) filed an opposition, and Plaintiff filed a reply. (Dkt. Nos. 9, 21 12.) For the reasons set forth below the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s Motion.

II. BACKGROUND

23 Plaintiff filed the Complaint in this action in Los Angeles County Superior 24 Court and Defendant removed it on the basis of diversity jurisdiction. See Notice of 25 Removal (Dkt. No. 1), Compl. (Dkt. No. 1-3). The Complaint asserts eight state 26 claims arising out of alleged racial discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination 27 and related wrongdoing that Plaintiff experienced while employed as a Registered 28 Nurse Supervisor at VITAS Healthcare of California, a hospice care provider, from about July 3, 2017 to about April 17, 2018. See Compl. ¶ 12. Plaintiff alleges several instances of discrimination starting on or about September 2017 when a racist comment was directed at her by a VITAS human resources employee. See Compl. ¶ 14. Plaintiff alleges several additional instances of 6 …