Ruthie Martin v. Chattem, Inc.
Opinion
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1 O 2 3 4 5 6 7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California 9 10 11 RUTHIE MARTIN, Case No. 2:19-cv-06464-ODW(PJWx)
12 Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
13 v. REMAND [11] AND DENYING 14 CHATTEM, INC. et al., MOTION TO DISMISS AS MOOT [21] 15 16 Defendants. 17 I. INTRODUCTION 18 On May 16, 2019, Plaintiff Ruthie Martin (“Martin”) filed this putative class 19 action in Los Angeles Superior Court against Chattem, Inc. (“Chattem”) and Sanofi, 20 Inc. (“Sanofi”) (collectively, “Defendants”). (Not. of Removal, Ex. A (“Compl.”), 21 ECF No. 1-1.) On July 25, 2019, Chattem removed the action pursuant to the Class 22 Action Fairness Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d) (“CAFA”). (Notice of Removal 23 (“Removal”) 1, ECF No. 1.) Martin moved to remand this action for lack of subject 24 matter jurisdiction (“Motion”). (Mot. to Remand (“Mot.”), ECF No. 11.) Chattem 25 subsequently filed a motion to dismiss. (Mot. to Dismiss, ECF No. 21.) For the 26 reasons discussed below, the Court finds that Chattem has not met its evidentiary 27…