Bradford v. Chevron USA Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOANN BRADFORD, et al., Case No. 19-cv-04051-PJH Plaintiffs,

v. ORDER REMANDING ACTION

CHEVRON USA INC., Re: Dkt. Nos. 15 & 16 Defendant.

13 Plaintiffs Joann Bradford, Liza Mosqueriola, Jason Rohrbach, and Brian White’s motion to remand came on for hearing before this court on October 30, 2019. Defendant Chevron USA Inc.’s (“Chevron”) motion to dismiss came on for hearing before this court on the same date. Plaintiffs appeared through their counsel, Alexander Nazarov. Defendant appeared through its counsel, Douglas Hart and Marina Gruber. Having read the papers filed by the parties and carefully considered their arguments and the relevant legal authority, and good cause appearing, the court hereby GRANTS plaintiffs’ motion to remand and DENIES defendant’s motion to dismiss, for the following reasons. BACKGROUND On June 7, 2019, plaintiffs commenced a putative class action against…