Stephan Marano v. Liberty Mutual Group, Inc.

“m_CW 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - SOUTHERN DIVISION 10 || STEPHEN MARANO, individually and ) Case No.: SACV 20-02215-CJC (ADSx) > behalf of all others similarly situated, 1S Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO REMAND [DKt. 9] LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP, INC. and) DOES to 50, ) 17 Defendants. 19 20

23 INTRODUCTION 25 Plaintiff Stephen Marano filed this putative wage-and-hour class action against 27 || Defendant Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., and unnamed Does in Orange County Superior ||Court. (Dkt. 1-2 [Complaint, hereinafter “Compl.”].) Defendant removed the action to

this Court pursuant to the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (“CAFA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d). (Dkt. 1 [Notice of Removal, hereinafter “NOR”].) Before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to remand. (Dkt. 9 [hereinafter “Mot.”].) For the following reasons, the motion is…