Silverio Nevarez v. Costco Wholesale Corporation

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL

3/9/2020 Case No. 2:19-cv-03454-SVW-SK Date

Silverio Nevarez et al v. Costco Wholesale Corporation et al Title

Present: The Honorable STEPHEN V. WILSON, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE

Paul M. Cruz N/A

Deputy Clerk Court Reporter / Recorder

Attorneys Present for Plaintiffs: Attorneys Present for Defendants:

N/A N/A

Proceedings: ORDER REMANDING REMAINING PAGA CLAIMS TO STATE COURT

Following a hearing on Feb. 24, 2020, this Court granted Plaintiff’s dismissal of claims One, Two, Three, Four, Five, and Six in the First Amended Complaint. Dkt. 63. Plaintiff’s only remaining claim is under California’s Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”). Cal. Lab. Code § 2698 et seq. For the reasons articulated below, the Court concludes that it no longer possesses CAFA jurisdiction over this lawsuit, since only the PAGA claims remain, declines to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over those claims, and remands this case to state court.

This case was removed to federal court on April 26, 2019, when Defendant Costco Wholesale Corporation…