Nguyen
Nguyen v. Smiths Detection Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 VIET NGUYEN, Case No. 21-cv-00800-JD
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE REMAND AND CASE
v. MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
SMITHS DETECTION INC., Re: Dkt. No. 15 Defendant.
12 Plaintiff Viet Nguyen, on behalf of himself and a putative class of non-exempt hourly employees, sued defendant Smiths Detection, Inc., for wage and hour claims under California state law. Dkt. No. 1-1. The complaint was originally filed in the Alameda County Superior Court, and was removed by Smiths Detection under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d). Dkt. No. 1. Nguyen has asked for the case to be remanded on the ground that Smiths Detection has not plausibly established the $5 million minimum amount in controversy required for CAFA jurisdiction. Dkt. No. 15. The parties’ familiarity with the record is assumed, and a remand is denied. The request for judicial notice, Dkt. No. 1-4, is denied, and the Court did not rely on any of the proffered…