Crescenciano Garcia v. Wine Group, LLC.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CRESCENCIANO GARCIA, No. 1:19-cv-01222-DAD-JDP 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER DENYING MOTION TO REMAND 14 THE WINE GROUP, INC. and THE (Doc. No. 5)

WINE GROUP, LLC.,

15 Defendants. 16

17 18 This matter is before the court on plaintiff Crescenciano Garcia’s motion to remand this 19 action to Fresno County Superior Court. (Doc. No. 5.) On November 5, 2019, that motion came 20 before the court for hearing.1 Attorney Michael Brooks appeared telephonically on behalf of 21 plaintiff, and attorney Keahn Morris appeared telephonically on behalf of defendants the Wine 22 Group, Inc. and the Wine Group, LLC (collectively, “defendants”). Having considered the 23 parties’ briefing and having heard from counsel, and for the reasons that follow, plaintiff’s motion 24 will be denied. 25

1 The undersigned apologizes for the delay in the issuance of this order. This court’s 26 overwhelming caseload has been well publicized and the long-standing lack of judicial resources 27 in this…