Lyvette Grimes v. Ralphs Grocery Company

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 United States District Court 9 Central District of California 10 Western Division 11 12 LYVETTE GRIMES, etc., CV 23-09086 TJH (PDx) 13 Plaintiff, 14 v. Order 15 RALPHS GROCERY COMPANY, 16 Defendant. 17 18 19 20 The Court has considered Plaintiff Lyvette Grimes’s motion to remand [dkt. # 21 10] and Plaintiff Ralphs Grocery Company’s [“Ralphs”] motion to dismiss [dkt. # 12], 22 together with the moving and opposing papers. 23 On August 17, 2023, Grimes filed this putative class action consumer protection 24 case against Ralphs. Grimes alleged that consumers were misled by the labeling of 25 Ralphs’ Private Selection Sliced Smoked Gouda Cheese because it failed to state that 26 it contained smoke flavor. 27 On October 27, 2023, Ralphs removed pursuant to the Class Action Fairness 28 Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d). 1 On November 27, 2023, Grimes filed her motion to remand, and noticed it for 2 December 4, 2023 – just 8 days after it was filed. Local Rule 6-1 requires motions to 3 be filed no less…