Emilio Leon v. Bedabox, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EMILIO LEON, et al., ) Case No. ED CV 20-2291-SP ) Plaintiffs, ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’ ) MOTION TO REMAND v. ) ) BEDABOX, LLC, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) 16 I. INTRODUCTION On December 11, 2020, plaintiffs Emilio Leon, Veronica Garza, and Hugo Garcia filed a motion to remand this case to state court for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Defendants Bedabox, LLC and Jan Bednar filed an opposition on January 5, 2021, and plaintiffs filed a reply on January 12, 2021. The parties came before the court for a hearing on the motion on January 26, 2021. Based on the papers filed and the parties’ arguments at the hearing, the court denies plaintiffs’ motion for the reasons that follow. II. BACKGROUND On August 14, 2020, plaintiffs filed a complaint in the Superior Court of 1 …