UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MATTHEW FARRER, Case No. 20-cv-01804-JCS
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. REMAND
EZCATER, INC., Re: Dkt. No. 8 Defendant.
I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Matthew Farrer originally filed this putative class action in the California Superior Court for Alameda County, where it was assigned case number HG19047343, asserting wage and hour claims against Defendant ezCater, Inc. on behalf of himself and other delivery drivers whom Farrer contends were misclassified as independent contractors rather than ezCater employees. ezCater removed to this Court, asserting diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 and relying on Farrer’s potential recovery of attorneys’ fees to satisfy the amount in controversy. Farrer moves to remand, arguing that attorneys’ fees must be apportioned among the asserted class and only his own individual share of such fees may be counted towards the amount in controversy. The Court finds the…