(PS) Gaines v. Costco Wholesale Corp.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 TERRY GAINES, No. 2:21-cv-00992 WBS AC Plaintiff, v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RE:

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO REMAND

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION, a Washington Corporation; and DOES 1 to 100, inclusive, Defendant. 18 ----oo0oo---- Plaintiff Terry Gaines (“plaintiff”) brought this action against defendant Costco Wholesale Corporation (“Costco”) because of a series of interactions he had with Costco employees while shopping at Costco’s Stockton location on August 28, 2020. (See Def.’s Notice of Removal, Ex. A (“Compl.”) ¶ 12 (Docket No. 1-1).) The thrust of plaintiff’s complaint is that Costco employees treated him disrespectfully and differently than other customers because of his race, causing plaintiff to suffer severe emotional distress and embarrassment. (See id.) Specifically, plaintiff alleges that, after he had finished shopping…