Lopez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Denise Lopez, No. 2:21-cv-02063-KJM-DB Plaintiff, ORDER v. Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc., et al., 1S Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Denise Lopez brought this putative wage-and-hour class action against her employers, defendants Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. and Opko Health, Inc., in Amador County Superior Court. Defendants timely removed to this court, invoking the court’s 20 jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA). Plaintiff has moved to remand, arguing defendants failed to establish the amount in controversy exceeds $5 million. As explained below, the court finds defendants have established it is more likely than not the amount in controversy exceeds $5 million; the court therefore denies plaintiffs motion. 24 I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff has worked as a phlebotomist for defendants since in or about 2016. Compl. 419, Not. Removal Ex. A, ECF…