Harp
Harp v. California Cemetery and Funeral Services, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SCOTT HARP, on behalf of himself and Case No. 1:21-cv-01118-JLT-BAK all others similarly situated, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO REMAND Plaintiffs, AND GRANTING REQUEST FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES v. (Doc. 7)
CALIFORNIA CEMETERY AND
FUNERAL SERVICES, LLC, a Delaware Corporation and Does 1 to 100 inclusive, Defendants.
17 Scott Harp, acting on his own behalf and on the behalf of similarly situated employees, initiated suit in state court for violations of the California Labor Code and California Business and Professions Code by his former employer, California Cemetery and Funeral Services, LLC (“CCFS”). (Doc. 1 at 18-20.) CCFS removed the case to federal court, asserting diversity jurisdiction. (Id. at 3.) Harp moved to remand the case to state court because it contends CCFS has not satisfied the amount in controversy requirement for diversity jurisdiction. (Doc. 7.) For the reasons set for below,…