Maeve Courtney v. USI Insurance Services, LLC

g UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN DIVISION 11 Case No.: SACV 21-01522-CJC(KESx) ' || MAEVE COURTNEY, 14 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S y MOTION TO REMAND [Dkt. 15] AND REMANDING ACTION TO ORANGE

COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT

' USI INSURANCE SERVICES, LLC, ig ||and DUKE TOMEI, 19 Defendants. 20 21 22

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I. INTRODUCTION 2 On August 9, 2021, Plaintiff Maeve Courtney filed this action in Orange County Superior Court alleging employment discrimination against her former employer, Defendant USI Insurance Services, LLC (“USI”), and her former supervisor, Defendant Duke Tomei (Tomei). (See Dkt. 1-1 [Original Complaint].) Defendants removed the action to this Court on September 16, 2021, asserting diversity jurisdiction. (Dkt. 1 [Notice of Removal, hereinafter “NOR”].) Although Plaintiff and Tomei are both 9 …