Pennel

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MELISSA PENNEL, No. 2:20-cv-00284-JAM-KJN Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION TO REMAND

AMERICAN ADDICTION CENTERS, INC., a Nevada Corporation, AAC HOLDINGS, INC., a Nevada Corporation, MICHAEL NANKO, an individual, and DOES 1 through 24, inclusive, 17 Defendants. 18 On September 20, 2019, Melissa Pennel (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint in Sacramento County Superior Court against her former employer, American Addiction Centers, Inc., alleging numerous wage and hour violations, as well as pregnancy discrimination. Not. of Removal, ECF No. 1 at 2. She thereafter amended the complaint to add AAC Holdings, Inc. as a Defendant. Id. AAC Holdings then filed a notice of removal, invoking the Court’s diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332, 1441, and 1446. Id. At issue is Plaintiff’s motion to remand, alleging the removal was untimely. Mot., ECF No. 9, at 1. AAC Holdings and American Addictions Centers Inc.…