Giles

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TELEIA GILES, Case No. 1:22-cv-00257-JLT-BAM Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING MOTION TO REMAND NATIONAL EXPRESS TRANSIT (Doc. 9) CORPORATION, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 I. INTRODUCTION This state law employment/disability discrimination case was removed to this Court on March 2, 2022 based upon an allegation of diversity jurisdiction. (See Doc. 1.) Before the Court for decision is Plaintiff’s motion to remand, which is premised upon the argument that individual Defendant Janice Curre is a citizen of California and therefore that complete diversity does not exist. (Doc. 9.) Defendant opposes remand and argues, alternatively, that Defendant Curre was fraudulently joined. (Doc. 11.) The Plaintiff replied. (Doc. 13.) For the reasons set forth below, the motion to remand is DENIED. II. DISCUSSION A. General Removal Standards and Burdens A defendant may remove a civil action from…