Nader Modgeddi v. Walgreen CO.

Case 2:22-cv-01521-ODW-AGR Document Filed 07/07/ Page 1 of Page ID #:353

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6 7 United States District Court Central District of California 10 11 NADER MODGEDDI, Case № 2:22-cv-01521-ODW (AGRx)

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v. REMAND [14] AND REMANDING

14 WALGREEN CO., CASE

15 Defendant.

16 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Nader Modgeddi moves to remand this action to the Los Angeles 19 County Superior Court for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. (Mot. Remand 20 (“Motion” or “Mot.”) 2, ECF No. 14.) Modgeddi argues that Defendant Walgreen 21 Company fails to meet its burden to establish diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. 22 § 1332(a) because the amount in controversy is less than the jurisdictional threshold of 23 $75,000. (Id.) For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS the Motion.1 II. BACKGROUND As Modgeddi alleges in the operative Complaint, from October 2021 through 26 December 2021, Walgreen employed…