Jason Heatley v. Lin Rogers Electrical Contractors, Inc.

I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

23 24 Plaintiff Jason Heatley initially filed this putative class action against Defendant 25 Lin Rogers Electrical Contractors, Inc. and unnamed does in Orange County Superior 26 Court. (Dkt. 1 [Notice of Removal], Dkt. 3, Ex. C [State Court Complaint, hereinafter 27 “Compl.”].) Plaintiff alleges that Defendant violated several of California’s labor laws 28 and regulations. (Compl.) On January 7, 2022, Defendant removed the action to this -1- Case 8:22-cv-00042-CJC-KES Document Filed 03/10/ Page 2 of Page ID #:236

Court pursuant to the Class Action Fairness Act or “CAFA.” (Id.) Plaintiff now moves to remand the case, arguing that Defendant has failed to show that the amount in controversy satisfies CAFA’s jurisdictional threshold of $5,000,000. (Dkt. 14 [Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand, hereinafter “Mot.”].) For the following reasons, Plaintiff’s motion is DENIED.1 6 II. LEGAL STANDARD AND DISCUSSION 8 “CAFA provides the federal district courts with ‘original jurisdiction’ to hear a 9 ‘class action’ if the class has more than 100 members, the parties are minimally diverse, 10 and the ‘matter in controversy…