Alex Esqueda v. Team Industrial Services, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALEX ESQUEDA, Case No. 2:21-cv-03321-FLA (GJSx) Plaintiff,

ORDER (1) DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

v. MOTION TO REMAND [DKT. 8] AND (2) CONSOLIDATING ACTION

WITH RELATED CASE

TEAM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC.

15 et al., 16 Defendants. 17 18 19 RULING Before the court is Plaintiff Alex Esqueda’s (“Esqueda” or “Plaintiff”) Motion to Remand (“Motion”). Dkt. 8 (“Mot”). Defendant Team Industrial Services, Inc. (“Defendant” or “Team”) opposes the Motion. Dkt. 13 (“Opp.”). On July 20, 2021, the court found this matter appropriate for resolution without oral argument and vacated the hearing set for July 23, 2021. Dkt. 19; see Fed. R. Civ. P. 78(b); Local Rule 7-15. For the reasons stated below, the court (1) DENIES Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand, and (2) CONSOLIDATES this action with the related case styled Michael Thai v. Team Industrial Services, Inc., et al., Case No.…