Jamal F. Holcomb v. Weiser Security Services, Inc

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1 O 2 3 4 5 6 7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California 9 10 11 JAMAL F. HOLCOMB, Case No. 2:19-cv-02108-ODW (ASx) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO v. REMAND [15] 15 WEISER SECURITY SERVICES, INC., 16 et al., 17 Defendants. I. INTRODUCTION On February 7, 2019, Plaintiff Jamal F. Holcomb (“Holcomb”) filed this 21 putative class action in Los Angeles Superior Court against his employer Weiser 22 Security Services, Inc. (“Weiser”). (Decl. of Bradley E. Schwan Ex. A (“Compl.”), 23 ECF No. 1-2.) On March 21, 2019, Weiser removed the action pursuant to the Class 24 Action Fairness Act, U.S.C. § 1332(d) (“CAFA”). (Notice of Removal 25 (“Removal”) ¶ 1, ECF No. 1.) Holcomb now moves to remand this action for lack of 26 subject matter jurisdiction (“Motion”). (Mot. to Remand (“Mot.”), ECF No. 15.) For 27 the reasons discussed below, the Court finds that Weiser has not met its evidentiary 28 burden to establish that the amount in controversy exceeds $5 million. Accordingly, 1 the Court…