Turesa Wilcox v. Harbor UCLA Medical Center Guild, Inc.

I. BACKGROUND

According to Plaintiff’s original complaint,' Plaintiff is a resident of California and Defendants’ former employee. (Compl. 4/2, ECF No. 1-1.) Plaintiff alleges that Defendant Harbor UCLA Medical Center Guild, Inc., outsourced labor

' Plaintiff filed the operative first amended complaint in federal court after the Court granted a motion to dismiss the complaint originally filed in state court. (See Order 16, ECF No. 29; see generally FAC, ECF No. 31.) Although a prior pleading usually is treated as a nullity upon the filing of an amended pleading, Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1262 (9th Cir. 1992), the jurisdictional inquiry focuses on the state of play at the time of removal, Ibarra v. Manheim Invs., Inc., 775 F.3d 1193, 1197 (9th Cir. 2015), so the Court draws from the original complaint in its analysis. Page 1 of 5 CIVIL MINUTES — GENERAL Initials of Deputy Clerk SMO

and payroll services to Defendant ATC, a staffing agency. (Id. ¶ 3.) Plaintiff alleges that Defendants failed to pay her and those similarly situated to her overtime wages and minimum wages, failed to provide meal periods and rest periods,…