Dante Reyes v. Marshalls of CA, LLC

Case 2:22-cv-01245-ODW-AS Document Filed 07/14/ Page 1 of Page ID #:664

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6 7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California 10 DANTE REYES, Case № 2:22-cv-01245-ODW (ASx)

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

v.

MOTION TO REMAND [15]

MARSHALLS OF CA, LLC, et al.,

Defendants. 16 I. INTRODUCTION On January 20, 2022, Plaintiff Dante Reyes initiated this action in state court 19 against Defendants Marshalls of CA, LLC; The TJX Companies, Inc. (together, 20 “Employer Defendants”); and Delmy Hernandez. (Notice of Removal (“NOR”) Ex. A 21 (“Complaint” or “Compl.”), ECF No. 1-1.) On February 23, 2022, Marshalls 22 removed the case to this Court based on alleged diversity jurisdiction. (See NOR 23 ¶¶ 13–101, ECF No. 1.) Reyes now moves to remand. (Mot. Remand (“Motion” or 24 “Mot.”), ECF No. 15.) For the reasons that follow, the Court finds that it lacks subject 25 matter jurisdiction and accordingly GRANTS the Motion.1 26

28 1 Having carefully considered the papers filed in…