Harris

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 LEVONE HARRIS, Case No. 19-cv-07801-WHO

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v. REMAND

KM INDUSTRIAL, INC., Re: Dkt. No. 26 Defendant.

At issue is whether plaintiff Levone Harris has alleged in excess of $5 million in controversy such that this case is properly in federal court pursuant to the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”). Harris moves to remand this case to state court. He alleges that defendant KM Industrial, Inc. (“KMI”) violated California law by failing to provide compliant meal and rest breaks, overtime pay, wage statements, and timely final wages, and that it committed procedural violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”). The parties dispute whether the amount-in- controversy requirement under CAFA is satisfied. KMI had the burden to establish the amount-in- controversy, but because its damages calculations rely upon unsupported assumptions that all hourly employees in the proposed class worked…