Dole

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KRISTY DOLE, Case No. 22-cv-06625-JD

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE REMAND

v.

VERISK ANALYTICS, INC., et al., Defendants.

12 Plaintiff Kristy Dole originally filed this lawsuit in the California Superior Court, County of Alameda, against defendants Verisk Analytics, Inc., Insurance Services Office, Inc., and Kurt Arthington, for violations of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), wrongful termination, and other claims under the California labor laws. Dkt. No. 1-1, Ex. A. Defendants removed the action to this Court on diversity grounds. Dkt. No. 1 at 4-5. Dole has asked for the case to be remanded to state court because she and Arthington are citizens of California. Dkt. No. 12. Defendants say Arthington should be disregarded for diversity purposes on fraudulent joinder grounds. Dkt. No. 13. The parties’ familiarity with the record is assumed, and the Court finds that the case was removed improvidently and without jurisdiction. It is…