Sean Licea v. The Home Depot, Inc.

O

JS-

2 3 4 5 6

United States District Court Central District of California

11 SEAN LICEA, Case № 5:20-cv-01624-ODW (KKx)

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING

v. MOTION TO REMAND [8]

14 THE HOME DEPOT INC.,

15 Defendant.

17 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Sean Licea initiated this action against Defendant The Home Depot, 20 Inc. in the Superior Court for the State of California, County of Riverside. (See 21 Notice of Removal (“NOR”) ¶ 1, ECF No. 1.) Licea seeks declaratory, injunctive, and 22 monetary relief for Home Depot’s alleged violations of (1) the California Unruh Civil 23 Rights Act (“Unruh”), Cal. Civ. Code §§ 51 et seq., and (2) the California Disabled 24 Persons Act (“CDPA”), Cal. Civ Code §§ 54, et seq. (NOR Ex. A (“Compl.”) 25 ¶¶ 36–61, ECF No. 1-1.) On August 12, 2020, Home Depot removed the action to this 26 Court on the basis of federal question jurisdiction pursuant to U.S.C. § 1331. 27 (NOR ¶ 3.) Home Depot avers that Licea’s claims raise a federal question because 28…