Valdez
Valdez v. Uber Technologies, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 BENJAMIN VALDEZ, et al., Case No. 20-cv-07496-JST
Plaintiffs,
ORDER REMANDING CASE TO
v. STATE COURT
UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., et al., Re: ECF No. 5 Defendants.
12 On October 22, 2020, Plaintiffs filed a putative class action against Defendants in San Francisco County Superior Court. See ECF No. 1-3 at 2-92 (“Compl.”). Plaintiffs “requested immediate relief in [state court] under California Labor Code Sections 1101 and 1102” on the grounds that Uber was engaged in “coercive and unlawful conduct” in their communications with Uber drivers regarding their support of Proposition 22. ECF No. 5 at 2. On Sunday, October 25, 2020, Defendants filed a notice of removal, alleging subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (“CAFA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d). ECF No. 1 at 2. Plaintiffs filed a motion for a temporary restraining order, describing Defendants’ notice of removal as “likely meritless.” ECF No. 5 at 3. …