Ramirez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BEATRIZ RAMIREZ, on behalf of herself No. 1:22-cv-00132-DAD-BAK and others similarly situated, 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION v. TO REMAND THIS ACTION TO KERN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT VOLT MANAGEMENT CORP., et al., (Doc. No. 14) Defendants. 16 This matter is before the court on plaintiff’s motion to remand this action to the Kern County Superior Court. (Doc. No. 14.) Plaintiff’s motion was taken under submission to be decided on the papers. (Doc. No. 15.) For the reasons set forth below, the court will deny plaintiff’s motion to remand. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Beatriz Ramirez initiated this putative wage-and-hour class action against defendant Volt Management Corp. and defendant IKEA Distribution Services Inc. (“IKEA”) in the Kern County Superior Court on November 16, 2021. (Doc. No. 1-1.) On February 1, 2022, defendant IKEA…