Herman Morales v. Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 HERMAN MORALES, Case No. 2:22-cv-08081-FLA (MAAx)
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
v. MOTION TO REMAND [DKT. 8]
QUEST DIAGNOSTICS
15 INCORPORATED, et al., 16 Defendants.
18 19 RULING Before the court is Plaintiff Herman Morales’ (“Plaintiff” or “Morales”) Motion to Remand (“Motion”). Dkt. 8 (“Mot.”). Defendants Quest Diagnostics Incorporated and Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories, Inc. (collectively, “Defendants” or “Quest”) oppose the Motion. Dkt. 11 (“Opp’n”). Plaintiff did not file a reply in support of the Motion. On January 17, 2023, the court found this matter appropriate for resolution without oral argument and vacated the hearing scheduled for January 20, 2023. Dkt. 18; see Fed. R. Civ. P. 78(b); Local Rule 7-15. For the reasons stated herein, the court DENIES the Motion in its entirety. BACKGROUND On February 4, 2022, Plaintiff…