Kyle E. Petty v. Radiology Partners Management, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KYLE E. PETTY,

Case No. 2:24-cv-02806-SB-KS

Plaintiff,

v.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE

RADIOLOGY PARTNERS ABSTENTION AND ORDER

MANAGEMENT, LLC, CONTINUING MANDATORY

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE

Defendant.

Plaintiff Kyle E. Petty filed this wage-and-hour case as a putative class action in state court on March 4, 2024. Defendant Radiology Partners Management, LLC removed the matter on April 5, 2024, asserting subject-matter jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA). Dkt. No. 1.

A federal district court has original jurisdiction under CAFA when (1) there are 100 or more members of the putative class, (2) the amount in controversy exceeds $5,000,000, exclusive of interest and costs, and (3) minimal diversity is established. 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d)(2); see also Broadway Grill, Inc. v. Visa Inc., 856 F.3d 1274, 1276 (9th Cir. 2017) (“Under CAFA there is sufficient diversity to establish federal diversity jurisdiction so long as one class member has citizenship diverse from that of one defendant.”). CAFA provides three alternatives for establishing minimum diversity, two of which…