Null

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 DONALD NULL, CASE NO. 1:19-cv-00525-AWI-BAM

Plaintiff,

ORDER REMANDING LAWSUIT

v.

LEPRINO FOODS COMPANY; and

LEPRINO FOODS DAIRY PRODUCTS

COMPANY,

Defendants.

10 In this lawsuit an employee is suing his two employers for violating California’s Labor Code. The employee is Plaintiff Donald Null. The two employers are Defendant Leprino Foods Company and Defendant Leprino Foods Dairy Products Company (collectively “Defendants”). Null brings this lawsuit pursuant to California’s Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (“PAGA”), meaning Null represents himself and a class of fellow employees to collect civil penalties from Defendants for violating the Labor Code. This lawsuit was originally filed by Null in California’s Superior Court for Kings County. Defendants then removed the lawsuit to this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1441 and the Court’s federal question jurisdiction. For the reasons discussed infra, the Court will remand this…