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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SAMNANG TOUCH, No. 2:23-cv-01848-TLN-KJN Plaintiff, v. ORDER COX AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATE SERVICES, LLC and COX AUTOMOTIVE MOBILITY

SOLUTIONS, INC.,

16 Defendants.

18 This matter is before the Court on Defendants Cox Automotive Corporate Services, LLC 19 and Cox Automotive Mobility Solutions, Inc.’s (collectively, “Defendants”) Ex Parte Application 20 to Remand to State Court. (ECF No. 9.) Plaintiff Samnang Touch (“Plaintiff”) filed an 21 opposition. (ECF No. 10.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ ex 22 parte application. 23 Plaintiff filed this purported wage and hour class action in state court on May 19, 2023. 24 (ECF No. 1 at 3.) On August 29, 2023, Plaintiff removed the action to this Court under the Class 25 Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”). (Id. at 5.) On August 30, 2023, Defendants file the instant ex 26 parte application to remand this action to state court. (ECF No. 9.) Defendants argue Plaintiff’s 27 removal was improper and done in…