Collins
Collins v. Hilton Management LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SHASTA COLLINS, Case No. 21-cv-02523-JD
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE MOTION TO REMAND
v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 14 HILTON MANAGEMENT LLC, Defendant.
12 Named plaintiff Shasta Collins sued Hilton Management, LLC in the San Francisco Superior Court on behalf of a putative class of non-exempt employees for wage and hour violations under California law incurred while working at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square Hotel. Dkt. No. 1-1. Hilton removed to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA), 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d). Dkt. No. 1. Plaintiff has asked for the case to be remanded because Hilton has not plausibly established the $5 million amount in controversy required for CAFA jurisdiction. Dkt. No. 14-1 at 1. The parties’ familiarity with the record is assumed. A remand is denied. DISCUSSION The Court has detailed the standards for CAFA removal in a recent case, and incorporates that discussion here. See Anderson v.…