Kastler

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANNE KASTLER, Case No. 19-cv-02411-HSG Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING

SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING ON

Vv. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO REMAND OH MY GREEN, INC., Re: Dkt. No. 24 Defendant.

Pending before the Court is Plaintiff's motion to remand. See Dkt. No. 12. Although 14 || Plaintiff initially argued that Defendant failed to establish the diversity or the amount in controversy requirements under CAFA, Plaintiff ultimately argued in her reply brief that even if a || Defendant satisfied both requirements, the local controversy and home-state controversy || exceptions require that the Court remand the case to state court. Dkt. Nos. 12 at 9-10, 24 at 6-7. || Although arguments not raised by a party in its opening brief are ordinarily deemed waived, see Smith v. Marsh, 194 F.3d 1045, 1052 (9th Cir. 1999), the Court has “a duty to establish subject 20 ||…