Juan J. Chavez v. Huhtamaki, Inc.

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1 O 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 United States District Court 9 Central District of California 10

11 JUAN J. CHAVEZ, Case № 2:19-cv-05930-ODW (JEMx)

12 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

13 vs. MOTION TO REMAND [13]

14 HUHTAMAKI, INC.,

15 Defendant. 16 17 I. INTRODUCTION 18 Plaintiff Juan J. Chavez (“Chavez”) brings this putative wage and hour class 19 action against Defendant Huhtamaki, Inc. (“Huhtamaki”). Huhtamaki removed the 20 case, claiming federal jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”), 28 21 U.S.C. § 1332(d)(2). (Notice of Removal (“Notice”) ¶ 1, ECF No. 1.) Chavez moves 22 to remand (“Motion”). (See Mot. to Remand (“Mot.”), ECF No. 13.) The Court finds 23 that jurisdiction does not exists under CAFA and GRANTS Chavez’s Motion to 24 Remand.1 25 26 27

28 1After carefully considering the papers filed in connection with the Motion, the Court deemed the matter appropriate for decision without oral argument. Fed. R. Civ. P. 78; C.D. Cal. L.R. 7-15. 1 II. BACKGROUND 2 Chavez brought this wage and…