Edmond Alvarez v. Safelite Group, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
Case 2:21-cv-07874-ODW-AS Document Filed 04/15/ Page 1 of Page ID #:474
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United States District Court Central District of California
11 EDMOND ALVAREZ et al., Case № 2:21-cv-07874-ODW (ASx)
Plaintiffs,
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
v.
REMAND [14]
14 SAFELITE GROUP, INC. et al.,
15 Defendants.
16 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs Edmond Alvarez and Thomas Newell move to remand this action to 19 state court. (Mot. Remand (“Motion” or “Mot.”), ECF No. 14.) For the reasons 20 discussed below, the Court DENIES the Motion.1
II. BACKGROUND
22 Plaintiffs initiated this putative class action in Los Angeles County Superior 23 Court against Plaintiffs’ former employer, Safelite Group, Inc., Safelite Fulfillment, 24 Inc., and Safelite Glass Corporation (together, “Safelite”). (Notice of Removal 25 (“NOR”) Ex. 1 (“Complaint” or “Compl.”) ¶ 10, ECF No. 1-1.) Plaintiffs seek to 26 represent “[a]ll current and former hourly-paid or non-exempt employees who worked
28 1 Having carefully considered the papers filed in connection with…