Jensen
Jensen v. Hardwoods Specialty Products US LP
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 JOHN JENSEN, No. 2:22-cv-00762-MCE-AC 11 Plaintiff, 12 v. ORDER 13 HARDWOODS SPECIALTY PRODUCTS US LP, et al., 14 Defendants. 15
16 Plaintiff John Jensen (“Plaintiff”) initiated this action in Sacramento County 17 Superior Court seeking to recover from his former employer Defendant Hardwoods 18 Specialty Products US LP (“Hardwoods”) and Defendants Manuel Lavrador and Tim 19 Clausen, both of whom supervised Plaintiff (collectively with Hardwoods, “Defendants”). 20 Defendants removed the matter to this Court pursuant to its diversity jurisdiction under 21 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Presently before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand. ECF No. 22 7. For the following reasons, that Motion is DENIED.1 23
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27 1 Because oral argument would not have been of material assistance, the Court ordered this matter submitted on the briefs. E.D. Local Rule 230(g). 28 1 BACKGROUND2 2 3 Plaintiff began his employment with Hardwoods’ predecessor Aura Hardwoods 4…