David Townsend v. J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL

Case No. CV 22-05185 PSG (JDEx) Date May 23, 2023 Title David Townsend v. J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. et al Present: The Honorable Philip S. Gutierrez, United States District Judge Wendy Hernandez Not Reported Deputy Clerk Court Reporter Attorneys Present for Plaintiff(s): Attorneys Present for Defendant(s): Not Present Not Present Proceedings (In Chambers): Order DENYING Plaintiff’s motion to remand. Before the Court is a motion to remand filed by Plaintiff David Townsend. See generally Dkt. # 34. Defendant J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. opposed. See generally Dkt. # 35. Plaintiff replied. See generally Dkt. # 36. The Court finds this matter appropriate for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 78; L.R. 7-15. Having considered the moving, opposing, and reply papers, the Court DENIES Plaintiff’s motion to remand. Removal is governed by 28 U.S.C. § 1446 and provides two thirty-day windows for removing a case. See Kuxhausen v. BMW Fin. Servs. NA LLC, 707 F.3d 1136, 1139 (9th Cir. 2013). “The first…