Cortes

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION

ELIA CORTES,

Case No. 5:19-cv-07639-EJD Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO v. STAY 10 VICTORIA SECRET STORES, LLC, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 10 11 Defendants.

Plaintiff Elia Cortes (“Cortes”) initiated this putative wage and hour class action suit in Santa Clara County Superior Court. Defendants Victoria Secret Stores, LLC (“VSS”) and L Brands, Inc. (“L Brands”) (collectively “Defendants”) removed the action to this court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1441(b) and 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d) (Class Action Fairness Act). Presently before the Court is VSS’s motion for an order: (1) dismissing the action because it is duplicative of the federal action styled as Shauntese Lee v. Victoria’s Secret, et al., United States District Court for the Central District of California Case No. 8:19-cv-01625-DOC-JDE (the “Lee Action”) and the state court action styled as Elizabeth Ochoa v. L Brands, Inc.,…