Beasley

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 OPEN TEXT INC., Case No. 21-cv-03986-EMC

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

v. MOTION TO REMAND

MICHELLE BEASLEY, Docket No. 21 Defendant.

12 13 I. INTRODUCTION This case involves a dispute over commission payments advanced by an employer, Plaintiff Open Text, Inc. (“Open Text”), to its former employee, Defendant Michelle Beasley. Docket No. 6-1 (“Compl.”) ¶¶ 1-6. Open Text originally filed the action in the Superior Court of San Mateo County, California, on April 1, 2021. See id. at 3. Ms. Beasley then removed the case to this Court on May 26, 2021. See Docket No. 1. Pending before the Court is Open Text’s motion to remand to state court and request for attorneys’ fees and costs pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c). See Docket Nos. 21 and 22 (“Mot.”). For the reasons given below, the Court GRANTS Open Text’s motion to remand as well as its request for attorneys’ fees and…