Nelson v. Foster Poultry Farms

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL NELSON, No. 1:21-cv-00222 JLT BAM Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

v. (Doc. 21) FOSTER POULTRY FARMS, et al.,

Defendants. 16 Michael Nelson is a former employee of the defendants. He filed a complaint in Merced County Superior Court seeking to hold the companies liable for claims related to disparate treatment, discrimination, and wrongful termination. (See generally Doc. 1 at 18-46.) Plaintiff requests the Court remand the matter to the state court. (Doc. 8.) In addition, Plaintiff requested dismissal of his seventh and eighth causes of action related to oral agreements “not to terminate employment without good cause.” (Id. at 24-25.) The matter was referred to the assigned magistrate judge, who issued Findings and Recommendations on March 31, 2022. (Doc. 21.) The magistrate judge noted it was undisputed that at the time of termination, Plaintiff “was a member of a labor union, and a collective 26…