Dean Waltz v. Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.

Case 5:21-cv-01538-TJH-RAO Document Filed 02/17/ Page 1 of Page ID #:558

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 United States District Court Central District of California Western Division 11 DEAN WALTZ, EDCV 21-01538 TJH (RAOx) Plaintiff, v. Order WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC., et al., [JS-6] Defendants. 17 18 The Court has considered Plaintiff Dean Waltz’s motion to remand [dkt. # 14] and Defendant Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.’s [“Wal-Mart”] motion to dismiss [dkt. # 16], together with the moving and opposing papers. On June 11, 2021, Waltz filed this putative class action in San Bernardino County Superior Court on behalf of all non-exempt Wal-Mart employees who worked at its California distribution centers beginning three or four years – depending on the applicable statute of limitations of each claim – prior to the filing of the complaint. The following facts are as alleged in the complaint. From 2020 to 2021, Waltz was a non-exempt employee of Wal-Mart. During the…