Crowder

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARY CROWDER as an individual and No. 2:19–CV–00315–KJM–EFB on behalf of all other similarly situated, 12 Plaintiff, ORDER v. 14 PURPLE COMMUNICATIONS, INC., et al., Defendant. 17 Plaintiff Mary Crowder moved to remand this action to Placer County Superior Court on November 22, 2019. ECF No. 19. Defendants Purple Communications, Inc. and CSDVRS, LLC filed a statement of non-opposition on December 6, 2019. ECF No. 20. The court now GRANTS the motion. The action was initially removed to this court because the putative class of plaintiffs included class members covered by a collective bargaining agreement. State law claims that require interpretation of a collective bargaining agreement raise a federal question under § 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act. Caterpillar, Inc. v. Williams, 482 U.S. 386, 392 (1987). Plaintiff amended her complaint to expressly define the putative classes not to include workers…