Reyna A. Ruiz v. Walmart Inc.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Procedural History

On February 4, 2020, Defendant Walmart, Inc. (“Walmart”) filed a notice of removal of case number 19STCV23162 brought against it by Plaintiff Reyna A. Ruiz (“Ruiz”) from the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles to the United States District Court, Central District of California. Dkt. No. 1.

In support of its removal notice, Walmart attached a copy of the complaint filed in Superior Court, marked as Exhibit A; the summons it was served, marked as Exhibit B; the service of process for that summons, marked as Exhibit C; the answer it filed in response to Ruiz’s complaint, marked as Exhibit D; the state court form interrogatories it sent to Ruiz and her responses, marked as Exhibit E; its requests for admission (“RFAs”) propounded to Ruiz and her responses, marked as Exhibit F; its corporate information from the California Secretary of State and the Arkansas Secretary of Business/Commercial Services, marked as Exhibits G and H,

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No.: CV 20-1129 RAO Date: April 28, 2020 Title: Reyna A. Ruiz v. Walmart Inc.

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