Karla Silva Huerta v. Doubletree Employer LLC

I. INTRODUCTION

25 Plaintiff Karla Silva Huerta, on behalf of the people of the State of California and 26 as an aggrieved employee acting as a private attorney general under California’s Labor 27 Code Private Attorney General Act of 2004 (“PAGA”), brings this action against Defendants Doubletree Employer LLC, Curio Employer LLC, and unnamed Does seeking to recover PAGA penalties for herself and on behalf of all current and former aggrieved employees that worked for Defendants. (See Dkt. 1-2 [Compl.].) Plaintiff originally brought this action in Orange County Superior Court, but Defendants subsequently removed the action, invoking the Court’s federal question jurisdiction. (See Dkt. 1 [Notice of Removal, hereinafter “Notice”].) Now before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to remand for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. (See Dkt. 20 [Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support, hereinafter “Mot.”].) For the following reasons, Plaintiff’s motion is DENIED.1 10 II. BACKGROUND 12 Plaintiff alleges that Defendants employed her at a California location from June of 2022 to April 10, 2023. (Compl. ¶ 7.) According to…