Lorenzo Rivera v. Marriott International, Inc.

1 O 2 3 4 5 6 7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California 9 10 11 LORENZO RIVERA, Case No. 2:19-cv-05050-ODW(KSx) 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER DENYING MOTION TO 14 MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.; et REMAND [12] 15 al. 16 Defendants. 17 18 I. INTRODUCTION 19 On April 24, 2019, Plaintiff Lorenzo Rivera (“Rivera”) filed this putative class 20 action in Los Angeles Superior Court against Marriot International, Inc. (“MII”). 21 (Notice of Removal (“Removal”) Ex. A (“Compl.”), ECF No. 1-1.) On June 10, 22 2019, MII removed the action pursuant to the Class Action Fairness Act, 28 U.S.C. § 23 1332(d) (“CAFA”). (Removal 1, ECF No. 1.) Rivera now moves to remand this 24 action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. (Mot. to Remand (“Mot.”), ECF 25 No. 12.) For the reasons that follow, the Court DENIES Plaintiff’s Motion to 26 Remand.1 27

28 1 After carefully considering the papers filed in support of and in opposition to the Motion, the Court deems the matter appropriate for decision without oral argument. Fed. R.…