Manuel Banderas v. Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc.
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United States District Court Central District of California
11 MANUEL BANDERAS, Case № 5:21-cv-01369-ODW (KKx)
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. REMAND [10]; and DENYING 14 PENTAIR WATER POOL AND SPA, MOTION TO DISMISS [11] INC.; MELINA ANGULO; and DOES 1- 15 20, inclusive,
Defendants.
17 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Manuel Banderas initiated this employment suit in the San Bernardino 20 County Superior Court against his former employer, Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc., 21 and his former supervisor, Melina Angulo (together, “Defendants”). (Notice of 22 Removal (“NOR”), Ex. A (“Compl.”), ECF No. 1-1.) Defendants removed the action 23 to this Court based on alleged diversity jurisdiction. (NOR ¶ 8.) Plaintiff now moves 24 to remand. (Mot. to Remand (“Mot.”), ECF No. 10.) For the reasons discussed below, 25 the Court finds that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction and consequently REMANDS 26 this action to state court.1
28 1 Having carefully considered the papers filed in connection with…