Lopez Cabrera v. South Valley Almond Company, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

7 Case No. 1:21-CV-00748-AWI-JLT ALVARO LOPEZ CABRERA, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION TO REMAND Plaintiff,

v.

(Doc. No. 8) SOUTH VALLEY ALMOND COMPANY, LLC, a California limited liability company;

AGRESERVES, INC., a Utah corporation; and DOES 1 through 100, inclusive, 13 Defendants.

15 16 Plaintiff Alvaro Lopez Cabrera (“Plaintiff”) moves to remand this putative wage and hour class action to Kern County Superior Court. Doc. No. 4. For the reasons set forth below, the motion will be denied. BACKGROUND Plaintiff, a California resident, filed this putative class action against South Valley Almond Company, LLC (“South Valley”), a California limited liability company, and AgReserves, Inc. (“AgReserves” and together with South Valley, “Defendants”), a Utah corporation, in Kern County Superior Court on April 1, 2021. Doc. No. 1-1 at 2, 3:5-11 & 3:14.1 As alleged in the Complaint, Plaintiff worked for…