Whiteside

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STEPHON WHITESIDE, No. 2:20-cv-01643-TLN-DMC Plaintiff, v. ORDER SPSG PARTNERS, LLC, et al., Defendants. 16 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff Stephon Whiteside’s (“Plaintiff”) Motion to Remand and Request for Attorney’s Fees and Costs. (ECF No. 5.) Defendants SPSG Partners, LLC (“SPSG”), Sukut Construction, Inc., Sukut Construction, LLC, Goodfellow Bros. California, LLC, and Pacific States Environmental Contractors, Inc. (collectively, “Defendants”) filed an opposition. (ECF No. 9.) Plaintiff filed a reply. (ECF No. 10.) For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiff’s motion is GRANTED. /// /// /// /// /// /// I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND This action arises out of Defendants’ alleged wage and hour violations. (See ECF No. 1-1 at 367–75.) From April 2019 to July 2019, Plaintiff worked as a laborer for Defendants, who performed clean-up work in and around the town of…