Louis
Louis v. Healthsource Global Staffing, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PATRICIA LOUIS, et al., Case No. 22-cv-02436-JD
Plaintiffs,
ORDER RE REMAND
v.
HEALTHSOURCE GLOBAL STAFFING,
INC.,
11 Defendant.
12 Named plaintiffs Patricia Louis and Morgan Murray, on behalf of a putative class of “strikebreakers” hired to work on short-term assignments during labor disputes, have sued Healthsource Global Staffing, Inc. for a variety of wage and hour claims under California law. Plaintiffs filed this action in the Alameda County Superior Court in December 2021, Dkt. No. 1-2, Ex. A, and filed an amended complaint on March 15, 2022, Dkt. No. 1-2, Ex. I (FAC). On April 19, 2022, Healthsource removed the case to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA), 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d). Dkt. No. 1. Plaintiffs filed a motion to remand on the grounds that Healthsource has not plausibly established the $5 million amount in controversy required for CAFA jurisdiction and that removal was not timely. Dkt. No. 20-1. The parties’ familiarity with…